Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Vicky and Cristina, two young American tourists, spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist and his beautiful, but insane, ex-wife. Vicky is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, both comedic and harrowing results ensue.
Not really the wittiest of Woody Allen's work, but still in line with his theme of the observation of multiple dysfunctional characters. Woody Allen really does make the city in film its own character like what he did to New York. This time setting in Barcelona, conjuring up the salsa hot sexy wild and crazy love among these characters. Everyone has their own taste, so I would say that I just don't see Javier Bardem has that romantic chiseled talented man that'll sweep women off their feet. Maybe I still see him as that psycho killer from No Country for Old Men. But Penelope Cruz really does shine as the eternally-sexy, but crazy woman. It is a theme of Woody Allen to combine the people and the setting as characters important to the narrative. Its funny and really sexy, a solid from Woody Allen.
3 and a half out of 5 stars
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