One of the year's most charming and sly works -- as well as perhaps the saddest film in the filmmaker's entire oeuvre.
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08/20/08
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: Dramas
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
How could one not admire a script that has one of the characters talk about her friend's 'turgid categorical imperative' without blinking an eye?
08/19/08
What fresh young talent directed this terrific film? You will walk out saying: Who played Vicky?
08/19/08
A thought-provoking cautionary tale juxtaposing blind adherence to American Puritanical values against some more open-minded alternative ways of relating.
08/18/08
Woody Allen's latest is a pure relationship-fest, but the audience can't help but be transfixed ( a little threatened?) by Bardem's stare. A thoroughbred cast and crew makes a very watchable romantic tryst, but no classic.
08/18/08
This time Woody seems to be back on the beam.
08/18/08
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a rueful comedy about two young American women who savor many Continental delicacies.
08/18/08
Top CriticWho knew the old guy still had it in him? This is Allen's freshest and friskiest work in years.
08/17/08
Isn't up to Allen's old school or new school standards. But it's pretty. And it shows, again, if you let Penelope Cruz speak Spanish instead of forcing her through English, her presence will darn near suck the film right out of the camera.
08/17/08
An engaging examination of human nature.
08/17/08
There's not enough jokes for it to be comedic and it's not compelling enough for it to work dramatically. It just kind of falls flat.
08/16/08
The movie stumbles over itself while bringing fresh life to a number of issues.
08/16/08
Just the title suggests how profound the movie is. If he'd called it Vicky and Cristina Go to Barcelona, that's obvious and basic. Just using the key words says, 'Here's what we're dealing with, now you figure out the proper grammer.'
08/16/08
Who knew a Spanish accent could make Woody's familiar neurotic dialogue sound fresh?
08/15/08
A smart, satisfying movie. Once again, Allen removes himself from Manhattan, and finds his muse in Europe.
08/15/08
A well-crafted and prickly platform for Allen to muse on the vagaries and complications of love.
08/15/08
Vicky Cristina Barcelona continues the second coming of Woody Allen, begun in 2005 with the terrific Match Point.
08/15/08
Get rid of the Vicky, and it might be passable.
08/15/08
A bittersweet meditation on art and passion and on love in its many guises.
08/15/08
As exhilarating, captivating and enjoyable as a summer romance in an exotic city.
08/15/08
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January 23, 2009:
Possibly distinguished solely for the first PG-13 lesbian smooching on screen ever, the film should be a trite, pleasing guy confection.
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January 19, 2009:
Actors And Crew Magazine: Possibly distinguished solely for the first PG-13 lesbian smooching on screen ever, the film should be a trite, pleasing guy confection.
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