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Barcelona (1994)

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Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 2

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Average Rating: 3.7/5
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The second film from writer/director Whit Stillman, Barcelona is a smart, urbane comedy of manners set in Spain at the tail end of the Cold War. Taylor Nichols stars as Ted, an American salesman living in Barcelona. Out of the blue, he is visited by his acidic cousin Fred (Chris Eigeman), a U.S. Navy officer sent abroad to work damage control on rising anti-American sentiment. The textbook "Ugly American," Fred travels through the city in full military regalia, impervious to the constant taunts

PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Whit Stillman

Apr 2, 2002

Turner Home Entertainment

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All Critics (34) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (6) | DVD (7)

This is fairly amusing stuff-brittle, fresh, and impudent - if you can stomach all the upscale arrogance.

March 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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Slyly hilarious, esthetically sound and spiritually restorative.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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A remarkable find: The film doesn't stop at getting your attention, it rewards it.

May 12, 2001 Comment
Rolling Stone
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It appears at first to be about the casual lives of young men trying to launch their careers, but eventually ... it reveals darker depths and meanings.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
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This film is the distillation of an intriguing blend of romantic comedy, satire, drama, and philosophy.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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Narratively, Barcelona gives itself nowhere to go.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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The unsympathetic characters and their slight adventure story was never compelling.

September 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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Darker and more acidic than Stillman's previous outing, this comedy, about two Americans at the end of the Cold War, could be described as Metropolitan meets Where the Boys Are meets The Year of Living Dangerously.

July 14, 2005 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Superb

May 6, 2002 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Barcelona

Whit Stillman is like Woody Allen; if Woody Allen refused to make a film a year and really concentrated on saying something new with each film his makes. Don't get me wrong, I love Woody Allen but Whit Stillman has a handle over his craft that Allen can't seem to pin down. Stillman, like Allen, is all about social

September 4, 2011
stevenecarrier
Steven Carrier

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A dialogue-driven story about two Americans in Barcelona.

December 26, 2009
juliryan

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