Allen has crafted a wry and thoughtful film about the peculiar stirrings of the heart that is certainly his most accomplished piece of work since 2005's "Match Point" and arguably his funniest in the eight years since "Small Time Crooks."Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
As exhilarating, captivating and enjoyable as a summer romance in an exotic city.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Smoking, shouting, practically shooting off sparks, Cruz spreads a wildfire sexuality across Allen's sunny tableau of Catalan country picnics and scenic Barcelona ramblings.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Dan Zak
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is beautiful because Allen is now decidedly in control of this phase of his career, which blends the sharpness of his older dramas with a newly acquired expatriate hipness.Read Full Review »
The actors are attractive, the city is magnificent, the love scenes don't get all sweaty, and everybody finishes the summer a little wiser and with a lifetime of memories. What more could you ask?Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
Although Vicky Cristina trips along winningly, carried by the beauty of its locations and stars -- and all the gauzy romanticism those enchanted places and people imply -- it reverberates with implacable melancholy, a sense of loss.Read Full Review »
The writing is zippy, the story spins like a top, and Bardem turns out to be the wittiest of leading men.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
An atypical Allen film. Some of his usual themes are present - in particular, his neuroses about sex and love - but this movie does not bear enough Allen hallmarks to single it out as his work.Read Full Review »