Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Watch the trailer: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/vicky-cristina-barcelona/32858/main
I haven't seen a Woody Allen film in years. The reviews for his new one lead me to believe it's his best one in a long time. We took Mom to see it because she & Dad went to Barcelona when I was in college and she remembered some on the sites in the movie. Other than that, the movie seems overrated to me. It's a pleasant painless comedy about two gals vacationing in Spain and meet an artist who wants to bed both of them. His unstable ex-wife keeps popping in on them and one two-way leads to a threesome done in a chaste manner since there's a PG-13 rating, Everyone here has doubts about what they want in a relationship and in themselves.
OK there's some good one liners typical of Allen, plenty of sunny Spanish scenery, and lots of wine drinking on display. It's a pleasant comedy but not a laughfest. Allen wrote & directed but we miss his onscreen presence although the uptight, neurotic Vicky character will remind you of his past roles. Allen should have done the narration and added more humorous insightful comments as in other movies.
One reviewer touted Penelope Cruz's performance as worthy of a movie by itself and how she has a flair for comedy. I thought she was somewhat amusing... when you could understand her garbled English. She speaks like she does in her Clairol TV commercials if that's an indication.
Too bad this movie wasn't as funny as Allen's mock diary of its filming: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/movies/24alle.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=barcelona%20diary&st=cse&oref=slogin
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