Director: Woody Allen
Vicky Christina Barcelona has Woody Allen meeting Pedro Almodovar, & if you, like myself, love both these directors, you will definitely like this movie. So here you have Woody Allen's typical style, his breezy storytelling, his dry, quick wit & he throws in dashes of Almodovar's raging passions here & there & you get a concoction that is just right.
Woody Allen likes his women beautiful, yet not sexy in their truest sense, not in the wild, free sense of the term at least. Here Allen's latest muse Scarlett Johansson (who has been in all of Allen's last few films) & the equally beautiful Rebecca Hall play the two American tourists going to Barcelona for a summer where their very lives are turned around in a whirlwind of romance, emotions, romance & art. You have the very talented, very handsome Javier Bardem playing the painter Juan Antonio who is the ultimate bohemian & treats life like a piece of art, full of sensual pleasures. Then there is Almodovar's muse Penelope Cruz, playing the free spirited Maria Elena, who is consumed by the passion that drives her, often burning bright, often burning her out.
There is also a scene with the very Almodovarian Spanish soiree with the protagonists being overwhelmed by the music & then falling into passion.
Overall, like all Allen's movies, this one too is witty & funny, never gets preachy or boring & is completely entertaining.
6 comments:
written in a real huff. Expected "more" from the review as Allen is one of your favorites.
well i don't write much about any of the movies i review here, i haven't written much about Tarkovsky, Almodovar, Copolla or even Kubrick before this, even though i love their works too. The truth is i'm a compulsive writer, but not a big writer, i can't write long posts.
I see.
- all pun intended. :)
yet to see this. got a few very bad reviews, so can't really motivate myself to take the pain. but i shall, for Woody's sake.
well its not your usual woody allen, its woody allen doing a romantic comedy (& not really of the intellectualized brand of Annie Hall), but you gotta take it with a pinch of salt, you'll like it if you like Woody Allen movies.
its like a old wine you can watch evry time you feel to throw up due to real life disgusts....love it for the 9th time...
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