6/04/2009

Vicki Cristina Barcelona (2008)

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"Speak English!"

Twenty-something friends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) go to Spain for the summer before Vicky's impending wedding to Doug (Chris Messina). Originally they are to stay with Vicky's parents' friends (Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn) but they are swiftly enchanted by a sexy Spanish artist, Juan Antonio Gonzalo (Javier Bardem) who whisks them away to the island of his birth and woos both of them. Little do the women know that the recently divorced Gonzalo continues to have a tempestuous relationship with his artist ex-wife Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz, who won the Oscar for this role) and it's about to explode again.

Written and directed by Woody Allen.

Run time: 1 hour, 36 minutes

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexuality, and smoking.

My personal rating: B+

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