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Y Tu Mamá También

2001 · directed by Alfonso Cuarón · 106 min
24,795 feet · Prominence
551st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw50

$34m worldwide in 2001 — $63m in today's money.

As released$34mIn 2026 money$63mRank3,432 of 8,589In 200184 of 189

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise90

Critics 90, awards 12. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics90 → 45Awards12 → 6

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Criterion, Cuaron landmark of Mexican cinema.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb7.7 from 136kWikipedia44k views a monthAge25 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 493 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 50 praise 90 legacy 60averages 67, which places it at24,795 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Daniel Giménez Cacho.