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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 192
Fresh: 157 | Rotten: 35

A beguiling tragicomedy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona charms with beautiful views of the Spanish city and a marvelously well-matched cast.

Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 6

A beguiling tragicomedy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona charms with beautiful views of the Spanish city and a marvelously well-matched cast.

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Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona stars Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson as best friends Vicky and Cristina. As the movie opens, the pair of twentysomethings travel to Barcelona so that Vicky can work on her post-graduate degree. The two meet the charming artist Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), who offers to take them on a vacation and make love to them. Vicky, being a happily engaged young woman, refuses, but Cristina is eager for this life experience. A love triangle begins

PG-13, 1 hr. 36 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Woody Allen

Written By: Woody Allen

In Theaters: May 17, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Jan 27, 2009

Box Office:$23.2M

The Weinstein Co.

The film belongs to Bardem and Cruz.

October 18, 2008 Comment

Kirk Honeycutt

Hollywood Reporter

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There is nothing wrong with Allen's determination to mix humor and drama, it's simply too bad he's not getting better at it.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

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When great artists maintain their health and energy into their 70s, amazing things can happen -- and they're happening with Woody Allen.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona is fitfully good.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

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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.

September 16, 2008 Full Review Source: New Republic

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Christopher Orr

New Republic

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The performances are all wonderful, but top honors go to the amazing Penelope Cruz.

August 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Film.com

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Jonathan F. Richards

Film.com

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Although Penelope Cruz's performance is amusing, the film feels a bit forced, looking for meaning in Spain where there may not be any.

August 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy

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Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

Not unlike Neil Simon scrambling to be Henry Miller.

August 26, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Woody, what happened? You stink on toast. Paul Chambers, CNN.

July 22, 2009 Full Review Source: CNNRadio

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Paul Chambers

CNNRadio

Allen has definitely made something special with this charming, light and warm romantic comedy.

March 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Screenwize

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Simon Weaving

Screenwize

we're really just watching neurotic New Yorkers displaced to the Spanish countryside

March 5, 2009 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Interesting characters interact in a complex tangle of interesting relationships.

February 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

This time, the words really should be believed: a massive return to form for Woody Allen. No lie. At this rate, we might even forgive him for Cassandra's Dream.

February 12, 2009 Comment

Charles Gant

Heat Magazine

For all its meditations on romantic disappointments, this is a slight, sunny film. Anyone in need of some superior escapism should see it straightaway.

February 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK]

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Cosmo Landesman

Times [UK]

Woody Allen's new film, announced as a romantic comedy, is far superior to the disastrous Match Point and Cassandra's Dream but much inferior to his best work.

February 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

I want to know how clumsily delivering punch lines in halting English while playing a shrieking harpy is in any way Oscar-worthy.

February 10, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

By the time Cruz appears, Vicky Cristina Barcelona has delivered on those initial good omens: it's Allen's best film in at least a decade.

February 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Independent

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Nicholas Barber

Independent

Allen's last couple of movies have been far from vintage offerings but Vicky Cristina Barcelona is pure pleasure and finds him back on form. It is smart, sunny, frisky and extremely funny.

February 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Daily Express

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Allan Hunter

Daily Express

Leave it to Woody Allen to muck up a threesome involving Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz.

February 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which Allen wrote and directed but did not act in, is Woody at the top of his game.

February 6, 2009 Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly

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Tony Macklin

Fayetteville Free Weekly

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A pleasant surprise, I expected this to be quite the chick flick, instead was a great travel film, with culture, romance, ups and downs and experimental feelings, totally enjoyed it.

January 22, 2009

Lady D'arbanville

Super Reviewer

What boosts VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA from being a sappy, shoddy romance is the tour de force performance from Pen� (C)lope Cruz. Cruz portrays Maria Elena, a ruthless, suicidal shrew. Though only supporting to the plot, when she delivers her role, we are instantly attetive to her loud, implausible character.

August 12, 2011

Alexander Diminiano

Super Reviewer

Vicky Cristina Barcelona Quotes

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1. Maria Elena: Only unfulfilled love can be romantic.
– Submitted by Valentina O (22 days ago)
1. Juan Antonio: Life is short, life is dull, life is full of pain and this is the chance for something special. [to make love]
– Submitted by Lars P (5 months ago)
1. Vicky: Third, even if I wasn't engaged and was free to have some kind of dalliance with a Spaniard, I wouldn't pick this one.
– Submitted by Christine D (9 months ago)
1. Cristina: At least he's not one of those factory-made zombies!
– Submitted by Christine D (9 months ago)
1. Cristina: If you don't start undressing me soon this is going to turn into a panel discussion.
– Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)