Woody Allen is back in top form with this sparkling comedydrama. Its highlight is a fabulously funny and passionate performance by Cruz.
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02/05/09
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: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Aug 15, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $23,164,041
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
What fresh young talent directed this terrific film? You will walk out saying: Who played Vicky?
08/19/08
With Vicky Cristina Barcelona the 72 year-old Allen comes ever closer to Ozu's territory, finding a kind of serenity in the acceptance of life's inevitable disappointments.
08/14/08
The erotic roundelays are so witty – Marivaux with sex – that I am now afraid to see a future Allen film. It will either be bad, returning us to the natural order of things, or good like this, demanding a rethink of the universe.
02/05/09
Clearly, Allen has been inspired by his location, and his film also serves as an evocative travelogue of Spain's most magical city.
10/18/08
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.
02/10/09
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
For a romance in which nobody seems to end up getting what they want, it's deceptively satisfying, and leaves you with a sense of hope, however false.
08/14/08
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.
09/27/08
There was hope in 2005 that Woody Allen had re-discovered his groove with the release of Match Point. Since then, however, he has slipped back into the sinkhole of mediocrity that kept him from greatness throughout most of the '90s and '00s.
07/22/08
Top CriticWho knew the old guy still had it in him? This is Allen's freshest and friskiest work in years.
08/17/08
Slight, disposable but entertaining. Vicky Cristina Barcelona is an awful lot better than anything in his thankfully short "British" period.
02/06/09
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
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
This time Woody seems to be back on the beam.
08/18/08
The movie stumbles over itself while bringing fresh life to a number of issues.
08/16/08
A breezy romantic comedy from Woody Allen about the different shades of love.
08/14/08
Entonces aparece por fin Penélope y la película recién comienza, o al menos se pone más interesante. Lástima que ya han pasado como 50 minutos%u2026
01/24/09
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
The humour is more situational, less assertive, less reliant on wisecracks and obvious punchlines.
01/15/09
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