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Daniel Jiménez Cacho, Claudia Ramírez, Luis de Icaza, Víctor Carpinteiro, Luz María Jerez ... see more see more... , Claudette Maille , Arturo Rios , Regina Orozco , Rodolfo Arias , Daniel Gimenez Cacho , Astrid Hadad , Dobrina Liubomirova

Tomas is a very busy fellow and is about to grow much, much busier. He has his current girlfriend in bed in one apartment, and his lady boss in bed in the next one, and is crossing from one to the oth... read more read more...er on a window ledge. Neither one has figured out what he is up to. His juggling act becomes much more complicated when, on one occasion from the ledge between the two apartments he spots his pretty new neighbor. It's only a matter of time before one or all of these women gives him his richly deserved comeuppance. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón

Release Date: September 9, 1991

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  • LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    February 13, 2010
    LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    "Pick a peck of pickled pepper..."

    Young yuppie and womanizer Tomas (Gimenez Cacho) is caught in a trap when falsely diagnosed with AIDS by Silvia (Liubomirova), a nurse who finds herself cheated by the young Casanova.

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    Tomas Tomas is an enthusiastic playboy adamant about not using condoms. When a scorned fling is put in a situation perfect for payback, she falsely marks his AIDS test positive, setting him off on a darkly comic quest to kill himself, but not before the love of his life finds out her husband is cheating on her and decides to end her own life as well. Tomas takes this opportunity to take her with him into death, as the one woman in his life, as far as we know, that he has a shred of respect for. This is revealed as he makes a list of the women he's slept with, laughing as he remembers their nick names, not necessarily even their real ones.

    Visually, this film marks a point before Cuaron adopted his now staple handicam cinematography. The shots are graceful and smooth, the editing the same. It was gorgeous, with more than one shot inserted solely for the composition (off the top of my head, the vial of Tomas' blood filling up in front of a black background, though the room was white) At more than one time I felt like pausing the film just to take in the images.

    While it marks a step toward what he will become, Solo Con Tu Pareja is a much more accessible and enjoyable film than the challenging ones that Cuaron eventually becomes known for. As a ribald comedy it succeeds, and it may be due to it's not trying to be. I'm not saying it's trying to be popcorn, but it also doesn't strive to change lives.
  • fernandorafael
    September 27, 2008
    fernandorafael
    Good dark comedy. Alfonso Cuarón's first film shows raw talent, that he would later polish in the awesome Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN and the masterpiece CHILDREN OF MEN. The script is sharp and very funny, presenting a great original story. The camera work is impressive, as well as the ex... read moreterior shots. Daniel Giménez Cacho, one of Mexico's finest actors, is incredible here. My only complaint is the climax. It seemed as if the movie resolved itself too quickly, and the characters were driven to suicide by something that happened only moments before. The style and comedic tone reminded me a little of early Almodóvar.
  • Chiefilms
    March 1, 2008
    Chiefilms
    Interesting, quirky film that uses Mexico City's surroundings well.
  • KLFilmmaker
    November 26, 2010
    KLFilmmaker
    A fine first film by Alfonso Cuarón and you can see his talent throughout this oddball comedy.
  • divinetrash
    September 2, 2008
    divinetrash
    The films is funny all the time, but sometimes that's just all that it is. Still, it's a nice black farce that at times reminded me of Almodóvar.
  • smootysveen
    July 23, 2008
    smootysveen
    Pretty fantastic dream sequence in the middle.
  • Ghw12158
    June 18, 2011
    Ghw12158
    awesome fun mix of sex & comedy makes this farce a delight to watch no wonder he got tapped 2 direct harry potter!
  • jes25924
    September 8, 2008
    jes25924
    HA!

    The first film by Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Children Of Men, HP: Prisoner Of Azkaban), is a multi-layered satire of Mexican culture, and a hilarious lighthearted dark comedy?

    Tomas is an ad agent, and ladies man by reputation. He...(read more) 's trying to th... read moreink of a new slogan for the worst Chille in Mexico, sleeping with his boss, and trying to balance a revolving door of woman, with an interest in a mysterious new neighbor....which is all pretty standard Spanish language sex comedy (at the time this film was financed by the Mexican government the overwhelming majority of Mexican films where the kind of saucy soaps you see on Telemundo apparently)...which is why a little over half way through the film, a jaded ex lover of Tomas', falsifies his AIDS report to make him think he is HIV positive, and then the fun really begins.

    It's as well crafted and gorgeously shot as any of Cuaron's other films, and the in-titles used before the film, do not merely recall the french new-wave, but serve as linguistic puns for each section of the film, be they the poem by E. E. Cummings about the color green (used again and again in this film, shoes, rooms, the Aids report),to the Itsy Bitsy Spider(and the crossing the ledge sequence), to Newtons third law of thermodynamics, to the Olympic Slogan, each heading really does say a lot. It's appropriate that the last heading be an actual slogan, which is what Tomas is trying to come up with for most of the film. And in the end, a slogan is what he get's "love is the cure for those sick of life". Like the traditional comedies of old, it even ends with a marriage!

    The film is a satire of Mexican soaps, but also the way Mexico sells it's stereotypes,(Tomas's neighbors ditch, two Japanese business associates who don't speak any Spanish with Tomas, to go watch "the new Kurosawa film". Tomas takes them through a montage of traditional Mexican debauchery, Mariachi's, bars, something that looks like shots of Tequilla..?, etc), and let's not forget the scene of the Aztek running epically down the beach (one of the first scenes), only to run into a Conquistador and offer him Gonzalez Beans, as it had all along been a commerical. Or the dream sequence on the plane with Mexican wrestlers, Mariachi's and a host of assorted references.

    I can see how some could compare this to Pedro Almodvar, the zany surrealism of "What Have I Done To Deserve This" comes to mind, easy. But even at his best Almodvar was never this laugh out loud funny.

    In some ways it's also a coming of age tale, it begins with a sex scene (like Y Tu Mama Tambien), where Tomas claims he has no condoms, though a few moments later we see that he has plenty(not that he ever uses them, this scene plays out more than once). At the end he is buying a pack for himself, just as his friend the gynecologist, so envious that Tomas can indulge in the desires he represses, by the end of the film, is able to see his relationships in a new light as well.

    That being said, this was really, really, funny, clever, and just a pleasure to watch.

    "No ma'm you can't get AIDS through the phone!"

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Critic Reviews

Jan Stuart
September 21, 2006
Jan Stuart, Newsday

First released in 1991, Alfonso Cuaron's Solo Con Tu Pareja (Only With Your Partner) is a manic puff of nonsense that plays off the AIDS panic of the preceding decade. Full Review

V.A. Musetto
September 20, 2006
V.A. Musetto, New York Post

Solo Con Tu Pareja is not as mature as Y Tu Mama Tambien, but it is consistently funny. Full Review

A.O. Scott
September 19, 2006
A.O. Scott, New York Times

Like Y Tu Mamá También, Alfonso Cuaróns first feature, made 15 years ago, is a rambunctious sex comedy shadowed by mortality.

Michael Atkinson
September 19, 2006
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

Pushing the dull Cacho as a chick magnet capable of opening any pair of legs suggests that Cuarón's respect for women has gained serious ground since he was 29. Full Review

Eric Monder
March 1, 2007
Eric Monder, Film Journal International

It is hard to fathom how such a talented artist could come up with such a painfully unfunny comedy. Full Review

Marta Barber
October 20, 2006
Marta Barber, Miami Herald

Cuaron demonstrates his capacity as a director. The camera work is impressive, his sense of humor sharp, and the characters are well defined. Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
October 19, 2006
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

Sets a tone for Cuaron's later work, including a warm, sensual use of colors and space. Full Review

Christopher Null
October 2, 2006
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

Getting past the sheer unlikeability of the main character proves to be the film's most difficult point. Full Review

Maitland McDonagh
September 19, 2006
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide

Cuaron, who cowrote the screenplay with his brother, Carlos, cited Ernst Lubitsch and Woody Allen as influences, but the shadow of Pedro Almodovar's frantic early comedies hangs heavily over the film'... Full Review

Ed Gonzalez
August 26, 2006
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

The film is like a champagne bottle's ricocheting cork: an explosion of poppy camera maneuvers, literary allusions, chatty reiterations, raunchy sex, and spastic flights of fantasy rich in cultural fl... Full Review

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