Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Christopher Evan Welch, Chris Messina, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Julio Perillán, Juan Queseda, Ricard Salom, Maurice Sonnenberg, Manel Barceló, Josep Maria Domènech, Emilio de Benito, Jaume Montané, Lloll Bertran, Joel Joan, Silvia Sabaté, Pablo Schreiber, Carrie Preston, Zak Orth, Abel Folk
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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.
My review · Reviewed 02/06/2009
I had been waiting for months to see this movie and it did not disappoint. In fact, it is probably one of my new favorites. VCB is the latest film from the legendary Woody Allen. The film is billed as a breezy summer romance comedy but that description does not do it justice. I'm really not sure what to say about this movie because it really has to be seen to be discussed. One side note: Allen uses a narrator throughout much of the film and I quite liked that approach. It eliminated the many minutes of throwaway dialog that would have been needed to set up several scenes and allowed the viewer to get right to the heart of the matter. After you watch it, this reviewer had a fantastic summary of things you may have missed.