Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Name: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Director: Woody Allen
Released: 2008

Woody Allen

2008

4.50

Synopsis

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

Your Movie Library

Cast

Scarlett JohanssonCristina
Rebecca HallVicky
Javier BardemJuan Antonio Gonzalo
Penélope CruzMaría Elena
Christopher Evan WelchNarrator (voice)
Chris MessinaDoug
Patricia ClarksonJudy Nash
Kevin DunnMark Nash
Julio PerillánCharles
Juan QuesedaGuitarist in Barcelona

Recommendations

90
Village Voice
Allen has crafted a wry and thoughtful film about the peculiar stirrings of the heart that is certainly his most accomplished piece of work since 2005's "Match Point" and arguably his funniest in the eight years since "Small Time Crooks."
88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Smoking, shouting, practically shooting off sparks, Cruz spreads a wildfire sexuality across Allen's sunny tableau of Catalan country picnics and scenic Barcelona ramblings.
83
The A.V. Club
Through it all, Vicky Cristina Barcelona remains unaccountably romantic, a confirmation that love, elusive and painful as it can be, is still worth pursuing.
80
The New Yorker
Allen can be literal-minded about his thematic polarities, but, in this movie, he has put actors with first-class temperament on the screen, and his writing is both crisp and ambivalent: he works everything out with a stringent thoroughness that still allows room for surprise.
80
Variety
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."
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Ought to have been an eye-roller. What a surprise that it's so seductive. The Woodman lives!
75
Rolling Stone
Woody Allen's sexiest movie ever.
75
Chicago Tribune
I enjoyed it as much as any Allen film of the last 20 years.

Seen by

Lists

Triangle
Sarah-Marguerite