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04/26/03
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The Spanish Apartment (2003)
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Reviews Counted:88
Fresh:67
Rotten:21
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: This multicultural comedy captures the chaos and excitement of being young.
Theatrical Release:May 16, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $3,752,818
Synopsis: A fresh comedy from the new Europe, L'AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE is the story of a young man who, through cosmopolitan adventures and comic tribulations, finds his own unexpected place in a mixed-up,... [More]
Starring: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Judith Godreche, Kelly Reilly
Director: Cedric Klapisch
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Reviews for The Spanish Apartment
Klapisch has assembled a capable, colorful cast and uses Amélie-esque photographic techniques (fast motion, split-screen, etc.) to good effect.
05/16/03
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02/09/06
Presents an appealing and persuasive picture of European integration, in which national differences, which once sparked military and political conflict, are preserved because they make life sexier and more interesting.
05/16/03
Top Critic[Klapisch] forces us to notice the ordinary details we ordinarily sleepwalk through.
05/22/03
It features four of the most erotically and emotionally delectable female performances I have seen in one film this year.
06/26/03
Top CriticIt's an exhilarating, funny, very sweet movie.
05/23/03
Klapisch and smug narrator-hero Xavier (Romain Duris) seem certain that we requested a picture of international student life at its most superficial and eventless.
05/16/03
Top CriticL'auberge espagnole or The Spanish apartment is a lovable, cozy mess just like its architectural setting.
03/25/05
Klapisch has imbued the film with such energy and such insight that his themes linger on the palate, like the aftertaste of a fine French or Spanish or Italian or German or whatever wine.
10/17/03
Watching L'Auberge Espagnole is like seeing the young Maoist revolutionaries of Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 La Chinoise body-snatched by the international touring company of Up With People.
05/17/03
The movie is clever, stylish, and full of fun, beautiful people that you wouldn't mind sharing a flat with, especially in an incredible city like Barcelona.
05/15/03
A buoyant, extremely enjoyable film that coasts along on a quality few movies manage to capture: the exuberant curiosity of youth.
05/23/03
It energetically captures the frenzied pace of contemporary existence, the complexities of life in a multicultural world, the rootless joys of living in a foreign city and the heady world of possibilities one envisions while in college.
05/16/03
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08/30/03
French writer-director Cédric Klapisch's movies are fun to watch because he's got a gift for achieving a seemingly impossible balance. He can vividly capture the uniqueness of his locales (like Paris or Barcelona) but make his stories appealingly universa
06/08/03
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