VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (2008)

Life is the ultimate work of art


GENRE
Comedy/Drama/Romance


STORYLINE
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.


DIRECTOR
Woody Allen

CAST

Rebecca Hall

Scarlett Johanansson

Javier Bardem

Penelope Cruz

MY REVIEW

This movie is about two friends Vicky(Rebecca Hall) and Cristina(Scarlett Johansson) who travel to Barcelona to spend their summer.While Vicky is a grad student in Catalan studies Cristina is still unsure about what to do in her life.Both of them like each other even though they have quite the opposite views on love.While Vicky has a more traditional view(she is engaged to a stable/safe man), Cristina is spontaneous and always tends to fall for the 'dangerous' type of man.In Barcelona they meet a painter,Juan Antonio(Javier Bardem).They spend the weekend with him in Oviedo.Both of them have their moments with him.Soon enters Juan's volatile ex wife Maria Elana (Penelope Cruz) with whom he had a relationship that was characterized by violence.

This is the first Woody Allen movie i have ever seen and I have now realized why the audience respect him so much.He has done a fabulous job.This movie has quite a lot of hilarious moments.The presence of a narrator in this movie adds a lot more to it.The filming locations are beautiful.Although the film has a few dialogues in Spanish with no English subtitles but this con can be ignored.Watch this movie for the funny moments and the excellent performances by all the leads especially Penelope Cruz who even won an Oscar for it.

MY RATING 8.5/10

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