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Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Life is the ultimate work of art

Woody Allen stays abroad for his lastest caper, set in Barcelona. Two young American women, one engaged, one a free spirit, are holidaying in Spain. They are persuaded by a suave artist to fly off for some sightseeing and sex. As they adjust to this strange dynamic, things heat up considerably when the artist's ex-wife puts in an appearance, and the threesome suddenly heads for a foursome.

95 minutes, No persons under 13 (Sex)
Comedy, Drama, Romance, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Christopher Evan Welch, Chris Messina, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn

Director

Woody Allen

Screenplay

Woody Allen

Cinematography

Javier Aguirresarobe

Editing

Alisa Lepselter

Sound formats

Dolby Digital

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Mediapro, Gravier Productions, Antena 3

SA Distributor

UIP

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarKenneth Turan

Die BurgerLaetitia Pople

iAfrica.comRebekah Kendal It's quirky, it's utterly ridiculous, and it's the best movie that Woody Allen has produced in some time.

24.comAdele Farmer After a shaky couple of years, Woody Allen recaptures his flair in this warm and entertaining look at modern relationships.

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert Allen has set out to amuse and divert us and discover secrets of human nature, but not tragically deep ones.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli I can't say that Vicky Cristina Barcelona would have been a great movie without the narration, but it would have been better.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers In this light-comic breeze of a movie, Cruz is a gathering storm.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Decent but otherwise instantly forgettable.

Metacritic.com34 critics

RottenTomatoes.com147 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer A beguiling tragicomedy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona charms with beautiful views of the Spanish city and a marvelously well-matched cast.

Internet (IMDB)10509 Netizens

Average .. 65%

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