[...] With his film, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Cuaron strips away the romantic trappings of his Hollywood hits [...] As in A Little Princess and Great Expectations, however, the protagonists in Y Tu Mama Tambien dare to resist the class-codes which ensare their peers. By declaring their own set of rules, in this case a roguish Charolastra Manifesto, Julio and Tenoch take a generational stand against the hypocrisy of the
establishment culture, one in which a party with the President of Mexico features more bodyguards than guests. Though the teenagers' manifesto may be dubious and ultimately flawed, it is the clearest
enunciation of the humanist vision which permeates Cuaron's films [...]. His rapresentation of the humanity of servants, the working class and the indigent, for example, reflects a race and class sensibility more in tune with Mexican culture than that of the US or Britain [...]. Cuaron's
characters exercise a freedom which allows them to relate better with others around them and to seek out a more natural state of being. Conversely, it is when they submit to their class roles that they become estranged from those they care about and that which they consider natural [...]. Cuaron demonstrates a profound respect for the natural world and its importance to the human environment.

Victor Payan, From Zappa to Zapata, www.flyingserpent.net

Direction and filmography: 2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (filming); 2003: The Children of Men; 2001: Y tu mamá también; ...aka And Your Mother Too; 1998: Great Expectations; 1995: Little Princess, A.
Production and filmography: 2002: ...aka You Owe Me One; 2001: Me la debes (producer); Y tu mamá también (producer); ...aka And Your Mother Too.