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  Written August 15, 2008

  How can you review a movie you haven't seen?

  by ellieirish

  Vicky Cristina Barcelona opened today, on August 15th, yet people on this website have been reviewing it since July 27th. I'd truly like to hear from people who have actually seen this movie. My rating is MUST GO because I believe one has to go to the movie, and see it, before they can offer anything credible to say.

  • 52 out of 73 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 16, 2008

  Smart,Sexy...not your adolescent movie!

  by dolphins08

  Leave the kids at home..and enjoy,smart ,sexy acting...Penelope Cruz gets another Academy Award nomination!...Have a feeling that the poor ratings are from movie watchers sitting there with their spouses, squirming in their seats..daydreaming about what COULD have been..if they had actually not just played it SAFE in life!!!

  • 16 out of 19 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 16, 2008

  Woody Allen Has Convienced Me He Is The Best!

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  "Vicky Christina Barcelona" is the greatest movie I have seen this year, and maybe the rest of my life. This love story so closely portrays what love in the real world truly is, not in movies. The actors are all amazing, the locations are breathtaking and the art is beautiful. Woody will forever be my favorite director and my greatest influence. If you are familiar with his work or any of the other actors' work, you will like the movie. If you like good love stories or a sexy adventurous story about passionate people, you will also like the movie. If you like tragedy and suffering, you will also like the film. YOU WILL LIKE THE FILM PERIOD! Must Go!

  • 19 out of 28 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 17, 2008

  A winner!!!!!

  by atintune

  Another Woody Allen movie that is entertaining and has lots of good messages. When it was over the audience clapped. I loved everything about it the scenery, the dialog, and all the interesting things Woody says that makes you think about your own life. The characters were good and the acting was wonderful and of course Woody wrote and directed it and he is a genius.

  • 10 out of 13 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 24, 2008

  Thought provoking

  by JGSC1947

  I'm not a Woody Allen fan. And I thought this film was wonderful. It begins slowly and then just keeps building in a quiet, humorous, thought provoking way. One comes away thinking about trying to figure out what you want or don't, what love is (transient?), how long one must live within the bounds one's childhood or genes (biochemistry) have set, whether or not one is truly free to choose a life, what's the measure of success, what boundaries (polygamy?) are functional or dysfunctional, how Bohemians live (surely not so well), why humans haven't evolved more (Grandpa's way of getting back), what it means to make a contribution to the world (tangible, traditional, intangible), and how society can destroy a person's innate creativity--or not. Put all of that reflection on the nature of life amidst the hilarity of plane rides, romantic Spain, and Penelope Cruz's craziness and the film was, for me, hilarious and very thought provoking.

  • 7 out of 8 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 25, 2008

  Different Than I Expected, But Quite Funny

  by TMapou

  This movie was NOTHING like I expected. The media had me joking that it was Woody Allen's "venture into soft core porn," but nothing could be further from the truth. There was definitely a sexual theme to the movie, as well as a few sex scenes, but nothing graphic-and no nudity of any kind.
  
  As for my opinion of the movie, I found it to be very funny. I thought it was one of Woody Allen's rare dramas, with some comedic moments sprinkled in, but it was a lot closer to a typical Woody Allen comedy than that (though not exactly the same as a typical Woody Allen comedy). Penelope Cruz was the best part of the movie as Javier Bardem's crazy and unbalanced ex-wife. People often say that Cruz is only good in Spanish-language films, and she speaks a lot of Spanish in this movie, so there might be something to that theory. Javier Bardem was very charming and witty. Scarlett Johansson and (particularly) Rebecca Hall were also very good and funny.
  
  If you like Woody Allen movies, go see this.

  • 13 out of 20 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 16, 2008

  Charming!

  by ItsNatasha

  Loved it! Loved the characters, loved the setting, loved the music, loved it!

  • 8 out of 10 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 22, 2008

  An Exhilerating Escape from my life

  by tofusushi

  After walking out of raunchy Tropic Thunder last week, I savored every minute of Vicky Cristina Barcelona. As a single mom, I only get a couple hours to myself every week. I feel so cheated if the movie I choose disappoints me because I have to wait another week to see another one.
  
  Vicky Cristina Barcelona blissfully transported me to Spain for two hours. I felt the Barcelona sunshine on my skin and wished I could reach out and touch Javier Bardem. His tortured artist character would make a poor husband but I would love to meet him during a carefree summer in Spain.
  
  If you liked Under the Tuscan Sun, you will probably enjoy Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

  • 6 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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  Written September 22, 2008

  Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

  by gstiebel

  I did like the movie, the beautiful scenes of Barcelona and environs and the architecture of Gaudi was one important part of the film, Another was the amusing story of American and European culture clashes and attitudes towards sex and romance. But for me the most important part were the insights into relationships. Why do they work or not work; what are the magic ingredients that make us satisfied with our lives, our choices... or are we ever satisfied? Can one make the RIGHT decision or are we doomed to always questioning the choices we have made. And, of course, how much of our lives is influenced by where we come from and where we think we are going.
  I am sure there are a dozen different perceptions of what the movie is about from seeing a wonderful analysis of human nature, as I did, to the shallow view that this is just about a guy trying to get a couple of chicks into bed.

  • 6 out of 7 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 16, 2008

  Well Done.

  by elvispiva

  I prefer Woody Allen's comedies. That is really his strong suit. This movie was well made and it was easily Scarlett Johanssen's best work since Lost in Translation, but that's not saying much.

  • 8 out of 11 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 17, 2008

  Masterful insight into women

  by movies4less

  Woody Allen has a great insight into the female psyche and the role women play in men's lives. Women infinitely make things more interesting...and the dialogue and intrigue in this film reveals why Woody is still the true master in weaving a great story. Penelope Cruz shines majestically in this film.

  • 5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 21, 2008

  Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  by mjcsmi

  Vicky Cristina Barcelona is an enjoyable and thoughtful examination of love and relationships. During a summer spent in Barcelona, best friends Vicky (Rebecca Hall), a fairly straitlaced graduate student who is engaged to her boyfriend back home, and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), a freewheeling woman searching for her means of creative expression, are invited to spend a weekend in Oveida with a mysterious and sexy artist (Javier Bardem). Vicky is against the idea, but she is the one who ends up sleeping with Juan Antonio while Cristina is laid up with an ulcer attack. When they return to Barcelona, Cristina begins dating Juan Antonio and eventually moves in with him. The arrival of Juan Antonio's tempestuous ex-wife (Penelope Cruz) adds to the romantic entanglements. The actors are uniformly excellent, creating imperfect and believable characters. Woody Allen continues to examine the nature of creativity, the allure of romance, and the mysteries of love as only he can.

  • 6 out of 7 found this review helpful.
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  Written March 14, 2009

  "empty sex"

  by washed_up

  How disappointing.
  I want to say that it's my fault, that my expectations were too high or that I wasn't in the mood for a...somewhat romantic-comedyish book -on- tape with an overcooked plot line that (Inserts ******* scene here)? But realistically, the whole thing was just kind of tiresome. The only thing more annoying than the narrator's inflection (why was there a narrator??) was the fact that Penelope Cruz won an oscar... for playing Penelope Cruz.

  • 9 out of 13 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 25, 2008

  Three's Not a Crowd

  by Red_Envelope

  From begining to end you feel the abandon that Americans experience when going to Europe. Woody Allen has left the New York scene thrice. An emphasis on the sexual freedom has been part of that part of the world forever. Don't miss it, because the excitement is exhilarating.

  • 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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  Written August 31, 2008

  Vicky and Christina in Barcelona

  by tucker.roger

  Went doubting it would be more than a series of over played character parts. But it holds together well, the characters develop, it is well observed and is really funny in parts. The movie moves up a gear the moment that Penelope Cruz arrives.
  My partner and I have been talking about it for the past 24 hours so a good sign

  • 7 out of 10 found this review helpful.
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