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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) Rank 3 Reviews

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a film with a pretty big heart, and it feels for the compromises people make in response to the looming terror that is the enormity of the rest of their lives. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
While legendary filmmaker Woody Allen can't always be equated with sheer genius and is more accurately described as a hit-or-miss proposition, this sorely undermarketed film serves as unquestionable retribution for his recently questionable work. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona has a breezy and light-hearted feel to it that is aided by the beauty of Barcelona and the brisk narration about the American girls' European adventure. The writer and director challenges us to ponder four very ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
A smart, satisfying movie. Once again, Allen removes himself from Manhattan, and finds his muse in Europe. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) (Kevin McCarthy)WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) (Kevin McCarthy)
The genius behind Woody Allen is clearly seen in this film, which contains a very simple story line but it is riddled with clever dialogue and a unique narration. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) (Kevin McCarthy)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
The film is ultimately about the many different permutations that successful relationships can have: monogamous, polygamous, polyamorous, faithful, unfaithful, kinky, and vanilla. Who's to say that one is better than the other as long as everyone ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
A romantic drama that I liked even though I had no investment in any of the characters. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for TIME Magazine (Richard Corliss)TIME Magazine (Richard Corliss)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is so engaging so much of the time that it feels like a modest rejuvenation: evidence that a summer in Spain can do wonders for a writer-director who may not have outlived his prime. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at TIME Magazine (Richard Corliss)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Who knew a Spanish accent could make Woody's familiar neurotic dialogue sound fresh? ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for LivePDX (Kimberly Gadette)LivePDX (Kimberly Gadette)
When these lightweight lovers ramble through their individual midsummer night's dreams, knowing only what they don't want--well, we just can't care all that much. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at LivePDX (Kimberly Gadette)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
When it's over, and the two Americans at the heart of the story depart Barcelona in overlapping states of confusion, you're left with a tinge of melancholy that feels not plot-driven, not engineered, but like a slice of reasonably complicated life. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
It's literally difficult to believe that the person who made this picturesque, clueless, oddly misanthropic picture also made Annie Hall and Crimes and Misdemeanors. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Oregonian (Shawn Levy)Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
The sort of film Eric Rohmer might make if he were ever in a chipper mood: sincere, delicately funny, a little staid, a little precious, and more interested in the ebb and flow of the heart than in the dubious rewards of sensational narrative twists. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Penelope Cruz kick-starts Woody's latest, turning it into a dizzy, daffy treatise on the place of passion in art and love. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
A lightweight musing on love's infinite variety, not especially comic, and certainly not tragic, but breezing along somewhere in the meditative middle. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for MTV (Kurt Loder)MTV (Kurt Loder)
The picture has a romantic glow that recalls the Woody Allen of old and, of course, it's quite funny. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
There's something intriguing going on here. It's a movie about the sacrifices that people make to be happy. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
He 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? ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Allen's laziness is startling, even in so mechanical a filmmaker. He uses a monotonous narrator to tell us what the characters think and do, though he then shows them performing the actions that have just been described. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Another intriguing take on affairs of the heart from the master of the artform with some solid performances, most notably from Javier Bardem and Rebecca Hall. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell)Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a comedy, a good one, and also one of Allen's best-ever meditations on the many entanglements of love. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
A valentine to Spain's noted city, Allen's romantic comedy isn't very deep but it's his most entertaining and commercial work since Bullets Over Broadway, a showcase for the talents of Bardem and his three femmes, Johansson, Hall and Penelope Cruz. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Allen has crafted a wry and thoughtful film about the peculiar stirrings of the heart, which is certainly his most accomplished piece of work since Match Point, and his funniest in the eight years since Small Time Crooks. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)
Retains expected performance momentum, and positively sells the hell out of a lusty Spanish vacation. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Premiere Magazine (Eric Kohn)Premiere Magazine (Eric Kohn)
The subsequent plot offers little in the way of inspiration, but plenty in the way of amusement. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Premiere Magazine (Eric Kohn)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
The cast is terrific, from Cruz's agitated spitfire to Bardem's more introspective artist (watch the gentle way he coaxes Vicky into self realization's by questioning her answers to his questions). Hall is wonderful as the centered woman thrown off ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Has a Mediterranean glow that gives the tale of passion and creativity a fundamentally warm quality that will surprise many viewers. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Illinois Times (Charles Koplinski)Illinois Times (Charles Koplinski)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
For a romance in which nobody seems to end up getting what they want, it's deceptively satisfying, and leaves you with a sense of hope, however false. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
Woody Allen's latest is a pure relationship-fest, but the audience can't help but be transfixed ( a little threatened?) by Bardem's stare. A thoroughbred cast and crew makes a very watchable romantic tryst, but no classic. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
The movie compulsively hits fast-forward every time Woody interrupts the action with voice-over narration from an extraneous male narrator, but is nonetheless an improvement by degrees over his last film "Cassandra's Dream." ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)
Something is terribly amiss when the American actors sound like English is their second language. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (James Rocchi)Cinematical (James Rocchi)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona isn't one of Allen's finest films, but there's something warm and charming and (one might even dare say) optimistic about it, as if Allen found the change in venue as exciting and challenging as his characters do. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Cinematical (James Rocchi)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
There was hope in 2005 that Woody Allen had re-discovered his groove with the release of Match Point. Since then, however, he has slipped back into the sinkhole of mediocrity that kept him from greatness throughout most of the '90s and '00s. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Mostly what you need to know about VCB is this: Cristina is Woody. Vicky is Mia. They have the same conversations we've heard a million times before in Allen's movies. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
A recurring sentiment is that romance is only possible in a love that hasn't been fulfilled. That may be true when you're talking about people, but not of Allen's best films, which never lose their thrill. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Perhaps the greatest compliment to be paid to Vicki Cristina Barcelona is that it serves as a spot-on emblem of Allen's own life philosophy: cling to the transient pleasures, as you're bound to be let down in the end. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
A pleasant enough diversion with some great performances and beautiful cinematography to just make it worth recommending. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
Vicky shows Allen deflecting his chapter-and-verse filmmaking for better and worse and, in a career that was already cemented as legendary by the early '90s, that counts for something. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)
Woody Allen can be rather hit or miss these days, but his latest excursion to Barcelona produces a winner with spicy romantic entanglements and sparkling performances. The vibrant Catalan capital appears to have energized Allen after his London sojourn. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Richard Mowe)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" doesn't cover much fresh territory in the Woody Allen canon, and the ending, as truthful as it may be, doesn't add up to a lot in the long run. The pleasure comes, then, from spending time with well-written adult characters who ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
The movie stumbles over itself while bringing fresh life to a number of issues. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The best thing about Vicky Cristina Barcelona is that it acknowledges the maddening complexity of desire. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
Isn't up to Allen's old school or new school standards. But it's pretty. And it shows, again, if you let Penelope Cruz speak Spanish instead of forcing her through English, her presence will darn near suck the film right out of the camera. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
this is one of the more interesting things Allen has done of late. Tonally, it definitely feels more European than anything he's made — even more than some of his other, recent European film ventures. ...read the complete Vicky Cristina Barcelona movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
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