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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) a score of 2.8185 out of 4

based on (84) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(45)

Good

(13)

Fair

(5)

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Times [UK] (Wendy Ide)

Allen 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. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Times [UK] (Wendy Ide)

Dallas Morning News (Tom Maurstad)

A movie brimming with beautiful people and beautiful scenery; there's a contagious enthusiasm as this movie whirs through the sights and sounds of Barcelona. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Dallas Morning News (Tom Maurstad)

Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)

Through it all, Vicky Cristina Barcelona remains unaccountably romantic, a confirmation that love, elusive and painful as it can be, is still worth pursuing. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)

Wall Street Journal (Joanne Kaufman)

A bittersweet meditation on art and passion and on love in its many guises. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joanne Kaufman)

Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)

A well-crafted and prickly platform for Allen to muse on the vagaries and complications of love. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)

Film School Rejects (Kevin Carr)

While the action takes place almost exclusively in Spain, the script is still a highlight of neurotic New Yorkers who babble on about nothing and everything. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Film School Rejects (Kevin Carr)

WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

Get rid of the Vicky, and it might be passable. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)

a neatly balanced tale of a carefully balanced menage a trois among people with unbalanced libidos, fluctuating interests and roving eyes. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)

PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)

Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz) is the figure least obviously dictated by the Woody Allen template. And for that, you are eternally grateful. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)

Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)

Watching Allen fart out a story when he has no characters is always painful. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)

Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)

The fact that this isn't as bad as some of Woody Allen's other films from the last decade doesn't mean this film about two young American women summering in Spain is worth seeing. The cast and setting are beautiful, but the characters are vapid. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)

About.com (Marcy Dermansky)

If you like watching privileged beautiful people flitting from expensive homes to fancy restaurants to dazzling tourist attractions to plush hotel rooms and gala gallery openings, you're likely to find something to enjoy in this movie. I was hoping for a ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at About.com (Marcy Dermansky)

Christianity Today (Jeffrey Overstreet)

Woody Allen's work should be taking him deeper into complex and revealing stories about the heart. Instead, he's becoming more preoccupied with the lurid and the lewd. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Christianity Today (Jeffrey Overstreet)

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