IMDb
6.7 /10
657 votes


Comedy · Romance · 1985 · 1h 30min
Doña Herlinda y su hijo
A manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by allowing her son, a doctor, to tryst in her home with his lover. Putting her son's happiness above all else, she then arranges a marriage of convenience to a woman.
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CINE GAY MÉXICO; Doña Herlinda y su hijo
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IMDb
6.7 /10
657 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
5.3 /10
21 votes
Letterboxd
6.9 /10
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Weighted average
6.3/10