Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Name: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: August 15, 2008
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson

2008

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Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: August 15, 2008 | PG-13

Starring: Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson

Summary: Two young American women, Vicky and Cristina come to Barcelona for a summer holiday. Vicky is sensible and engaged to be married; Cristina is emotionally and sexually adventurous. In Barcelona, they’re drawn into a series of unconventional romantic entanglements with Juan Antonio, a charismatic painter, who is still involved with hisTwo young American women, Vicky and Cristina come to Barcelona for a summer holiday. Vicky is sensible and engaged to be married; Cristina is emotionally and sexually adventurous. In Barcelona, they’re drawn into a series of unconventional romantic entanglements with Juan Antonio, a charismatic painter, who is still involved with his tempestuous ex-wife Maria Elena. Set against the luscious Mediterranean sensuality of Barcelona, Vicky Cristina Barcelona is Woody Allen’s funny and open-minded celebration of love in all its configurations. (The Weinstein Company)… Expand

Director: Woody Allen

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 96 min

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Mick LaSalle

The film's freedom and control, its inspiration and focus, announce it as the work of a confident and mature artist. Read full review

Claudia Puig

As exhilarating, captivating and enjoyable as a summer romance in an exotic city. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Offers potent romantic fantasy elements for men and women and a cast that should produce the best commercial returns for a Woody Allen film since "Match Point." Read full review

Shawn Levy

Sincere, delicately funny, a little staid, a little precious, and more interested in the ebb and flow of the heart than in the dubious rewards of sensational narrative twists. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Although Vicky Cristina trips along winningly, carried by the beauty of its locations and stars -- and all the gauzy romanticism those enchanted places and people imply -- it reverberates with implacable melancholy, a sense of loss. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

The writing is zippy, the story spins like a top, and Bardem turns out to be the wittiest of leading men. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Watching Allen fart out a story when he has no characters is always painful, as people are defined through clumsy expository dialogue and ranked according to their cultural accomplishments. But the script here is lazy even by his standards. Read full review

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duko_go

Feb 3, 2013

this movie should be watch as (Annie Hall 2), Allen ended the earlier by describing relationships "They’re totally irrational and crazy and absurd", and after many years he completed his idea and made it crystal clear, and now I can see the whole artistic work of Woody Allen as a masterpiece.

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BillyS.

Sep 18, 2008

In my 40 years of movie going there's been two constants that are a dependable annual reason to remind me why I love the movies - The Oscars and a film by Woody Allen. Sometimes I'm not happy with the Oscars, I've never been unhappy with Woody. He's made a few classics In my 40 years of movie going there's been two constants that are a dependable annual reason to remind me why I love the movies - The Oscars and a film by Woody Allen. Sometimes I'm not happy with the Oscars, I've never been unhappy with Woody. He's made a few classics and many great films and the rest are just very good. Vicki Cristina Barcelona is a great film and Spain is the perfect location in which Woody makes a city another character in his film the same way he canonized NYC for all those years. Looks like this will be another year when Woody and the Oscars will be together again!!… Expand

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JayH

Jan 18, 2009

Woody Allen is a genius when it comes to character development. That is what makes his films so rich and interesting. He ingeniously weaves the characters together and it makes the story fascinating. Excellent performances, particularly Penelope Cruz.

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CineAutoctono

Jul 31, 2017

"Vicky Cristian Barcelona" was a very good film, the photography, and the emblematic places of Barcelona, the perfomances of the actors was good, but i liked the performances of Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson, although the story was slowly, I can enjoy it, Woody Allen"Vicky Cristian Barcelona" was a very good film, the photography, and the emblematic places of Barcelona, the perfomances of the actors was good, but i liked the performances of Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson, although the story was slowly, I can enjoy it, Woody Allen has made a good job, and yes, this is the first movie of Woody Allen that i´ve seen, thank you ScarJo, thank you for all.… Expand

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[Anonymous]

Aug 24, 2008

Well done satire of the American daydream

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CorinneM.

Sep 8, 2008

I would have given it a zero if not for Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz - I'm sick of Woody Allen getting good reviews on bad movies because he's Woody Allen. This would never have been made and certainly not with these stars if not for his name. Like so many other of his recent movies.

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Nick

Sep 15, 2008

Worst. movie. ever. painfully embarrassing, I'd rather go to prison then see this movie again.

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