Woody Allen's latest may not convert new fans, but for those interested this lusty travelogue makes the most of its Spanish setting, with fascinating characters.
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09/27/08
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
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Reviews Counted:185
Fresh:151
Rotten:34
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: A beguiling tragicomedy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona charms with beautiful views of the Spanish city and a marvelously well-matched cast.
Rated: 12A [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:06-02-2009
Synopsis: Two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist (Javier Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penelope Cruz). Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is straight-laced and about to... [More]
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem
Director: Woody Allen
Reviews for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Serves as proof that Allen's heart isn't in it anymore.
09/20/08
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is the cinematic equivalent of a book on tape: a movie that watches itself for you and tells you what it sees.
09/16/08
While it's easy to tease Allen for implying that a Maxim fantasy is the secret to stable, if crowded bliss, there's enough grace and honesty in his ménage that it's practically practical
09/12/08
A solid romantic comedy ...
09/09/08
Allen actually lets his characters have conversations with each other.
09/05/08
A delightful though somewhat predictable Woody Allen farce is enlivened by its beautiful Barcelona locations and the performances of Cruz and Bardem (who brings heart to the stereotypical Latin lover character).
09/04/08
Vicky Cristina Barcelona comes closer than anything to exploring Allen's famous quote (made in a time of personal scandal), "the heart wants what it wants."
09/03/08
Let's not kid ourselves: There's something about Javi.
08/30/08
This is a strong film in many ways even if it's not a great one.
08/29/08
Allen's camera seems liberated by the sunny locations; the director seems to enjoy Gaudi's architecture almost as much as Johansson's.
08/29/08
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a reassuring return to form that qualifies as his smartest, most lyrical and all-around best film in a decade.
08/29/08
Woody Allen's best film in years... talk about damning with faint praise. Vicky Cristina Barcelona is hardly a return to form, but it'll do.
08/28/08
Woody Allen's 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' smolders with the best of them. It's also one of Allen's most finely crafted films.
08/26/08
Allen's recent product doesn't always pay off with quite so much colorful whimsy and incisive irony but, with this beautifully crafted piece of work it's clear he's on a role.
08/25/08
Long ago, Allen became interested in "the artist" only as a theme and rhetorical figure. The actual making of art, whether as his subject or as embodied by his own films, no longer grips him. It may actually bore him.
08/22/08
Allen stages a late-career coup, placing his finely sketched characters in an ideal milieu of comedy, romance and madness.
08/22/08
The performances are all wonderful, but top honors go to the amazing Penelope Cruz.
08/22/08
[Allen] brings the angst of his Manhattan characters to Spain, and tries to blend them into a story that has Almodóvar overtones, but Almodóvar, does them much better
08/21/08
A pleasing and fairly smart film that reveals an unexpected willingness on Allen's part to finally stretch beyond endless copying of the triumphs of his middle-age.
08/20/08
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