The movie is really 3 films in one: A Mexican road movie, a love (make that sex) story, and a commentary about the life and society of modern Mexico (Cuaron uses voiceover obviously influenced by Truffaut). This film is on more than 100 critics' Top Ten lists, all the major film critics. It's a masterpiece and was the highest grossing film in Mexico ever until "El Crimen De Padre Amaro" beat it. At first viewing, I thought it was just a movie about sex and talking about sex, like a Mexican Kevin Smith film. But it's really poignant and brilliant. I loved every inch of this film.