Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Prolific and neurotic director Woody Allen (Annie Hall, Manhattan) goes wildly romantic in his latest flick, set in Barcelona. Two young Americans, Vicky (Hall) and Cristina (Johansson) meet a flamboyant artist (Bardem) and his beautiful wack-job of an ex-wife (Penelope Cruz, in her 2009 Oscar winning role). Vicky is very well behaved, as she is about to be married. Cristina on the other hand, is described in press notes as "a sexually adventurous free spirit". When they all become amorously entangled, things get chaotic.
- Director:
- Woody Allen ('Melinda & Melinda', 'Deconstructing Harry', 'Bullets Over Broadway', 'Manhattan', 'Annie Hall')
- Writer:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Scarlett JohanssonRebecca HallJavier BardemPenélope CruzPatricia Clarkson
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Andreas Heinemann
flicksLegendary writer/director Woody Allen presents audiences with his most accessible production of recent times. The titular Vicky and Cristina are a pair of American tourists enjoying a summer holiday in Spain when an encounter with a passionate, in every sense of the word, local artist and his ex-wife turns their love lives upside down.
Fun and clever.
Great movie. It is neither over romantic nor crude, there is no cliches, no taboos, no happy ending the way most Hollywood romantic comedy intends (which means no tears from the softies nearby). That movie is filled with everything likeable about the Latin culture and Woody Allen captured that free spirit perfectly. Barcelona and Osasuna are as beautiful as...
Variety
pressOffers 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."
San Francisco Chronicle
pressThe film's freedom and control, its inspiration and focus, announce it as the work of a confident and mature artist.
Salon
pressIt's literally difficult to believe that the person who made this picturesque, clueless, oddly misanthropic picture also made "Annie Hall" and "Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Newshub
pressSexy, funny, and undeniable European, this has to be my favourite Woody Allen of recent years.
Los Angeles Times
pressBardem's performance is so good it tends to mask how lacking much of what surrounds it is.
Flicks, Andreas Heinemann
flicksLegendary writer/director Woody Allen presents audiences with his most accessible production of recent times. The titular Vicky and Cristina are a pair of American tourists enjoying a summer holiday in Spain when an encounter with a passionate, in every sense of the word, local artist and his ex-wife turns their love lives upside down.
Variety
pressOffers 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."
San Francisco Chronicle
pressThe film's freedom and control, its inspiration and focus, announce it as the work of a confident and mature artist.
Salon
pressIt's literally difficult to believe that the person who made this picturesque, clueless, oddly misanthropic picture also made "Annie Hall" and "Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Newshub
pressSexy, funny, and undeniable European, this has to be my favourite Woody Allen of recent years.
Los Angeles Times
pressBardem's performance is so good it tends to mask how lacking much of what surrounds it is.
Fun and clever.
Great movie. It is neither over romantic nor crude, there is no cliches, no taboos, no happy ending the way most Hollywood romantic comedy intends (which means no tears from the softies nearby). That movie is filled with everything likeable about the Latin culture and Woody Allen captured that free spirit perfectly. Barcelona and Osasuna are as beautiful...
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