The humour is more situational, less assertive, less reliant on wisecracks and obvious punchlines.
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01/15/09
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:27
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: A beguiling tragicomedy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona charms with beautiful views of the Spanish city and a marvelously well-matched cast.
Genre: Dramas
US 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
1 - 19 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticJohansson, fast becoming the Diane Keaton or Mia Farrow of Allen's mature years, treads a deft path between sensuousness, vulnerability and self-delusion.
01/02/09
Top Critic[Allen's] best film in years.
12/26/08
Top CriticOne of the world’s most beautiful cities provides a stunning backdrop for a fairly routine comedy about a culture clash between Americans on holiday and their Spanish hosts.
12/19/08
Top CriticOccasionally endearingly audacious, Woody Allen's screenplay for Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a further riff on the unique, unpredictable nature of romantic relationships among the human race
12/19/08
Top CriticLove has never been so complicated as in Woody Allen's scrumptious Vicky Cristina Barcelona, a sexy romp involving a ménage a trois that keeps changing like the ever-changing tide of love itself
12/19/08
Top CriticSlight, disposable but entertaining. Vicky Cristina Barcelona is an awful lot better than anything in his thankfully short "British" period.
02/06/09
Top CriticWithin 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.
02/05/09
Top CriticWoody Allen’s spoof of the Don Juan myth Vicky Christina Barcelona is his best film this century.
02/05/09
Top CriticIs this the old Woody Allen, back on form? Well no.
12/26/08
Top CriticThere is nothing wrong with Allen's determination to mix humor and drama, it's simply too bad he's not getting better at it.
10/18/08
Top CriticVicky Cristina Barcelona is a rueful comedy about two young American women who savor many Continental delicacies.
08/18/08
Top CriticA bittersweet meditation on art and passion and on love in its many guises.
08/15/08
Top CriticAs exhilarating, captivating and enjoyable as a summer romance in an exotic city.
08/15/08
Top CriticHe is a little like Eric Rohmer here. The actors are attractive, the city is magnificent, the love scenes don't get all sweaty, and everybody finishes the summer a little wiser and with a lifetime of memories. What more could you ask?
08/15/08
Top CriticPenelope Cruz deserves a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her fiery, crazy, sexy work in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
08/11/08
Top CriticWoody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona has a natural, flowing vitality to it, a sun-drenched splendor that never falters.
08/04/08
Top CriticAllen can’t be losing his touch entirely if he can still persuade three of the hottest people on the planet to make out for our viewing pleasure.
05/21/08
Top CriticA sexy, funny divertissement that passes as enjoyably as an idle summer's afternoon in the titular Spanish city.
05/18/08
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