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
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Not unlike Neil Simon scrambling to be Henry Miller. Full Review |
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C- |
Woody, what happened? You stink on toast. Paul Chambers, CNN. Full Review |
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 3.5/5 |
Allen has definitely made something special with this charming, light and warm romantic comedy. Full Review |
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B |
Interesting characters interact in a complex tangle of interesting relationships. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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.
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4/5 |
For all its meditations on romantic disappointments, this is a slight, sunny film. Anyone in need of some superior escapism should see it straightaway. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
I want to know how delivering punch lines in halting English while playing a shrieking harpy is in any way Oscar-worthy. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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C |
Leave it to Woody Allen to muck up a threesome involving Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz. Full Review |
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4.0/5 |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which Allen wrote and directed but did not act in, is Woody at the top of his game. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Slight, disposable but entertaining. Vicky Cristina Barcelona is an awful lot better than anything in his thankfully short "British" period. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen's latest comeback, is nothing like the return to form his apologists claim, but it's not terrible, which is a mercy after his grim trio of British projects. Full Review |
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3/5 |
No doubt about it, Allen’s latest throwaway rom-com is utterly silly, forgettable and predictable. It’s also his most purely entertaining film in years. Full Review |
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2/5 |
This is not as terrible as most of Allen's recent efforts, but it's thin to the point of scrawny, irksomely pseudo-intellectual and cringe-makingly creepy. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A sun-speckled slice of froth that’s very watchable, although it reveals little new about the mysteries of the human heart. It may be Allen’s best film in years – just don’t expect Annie Hall. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Cruz’s best role yet. Scarlett and Penelope end up snogging in a photographic dark room. Which just about tips VCB up to four hats. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Within Allen’s recent output, Vicky Cristina is the highlight. See it for beautiful locales, an ambivalent look at human relationships and a clutch of great performances, especially from Cruz. Full Review |
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