Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Chico News & Review has posted a five star review of Woody Allen's latest film, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'. Scarlett Johansson, Jarvier Bardem and Penelope Cruz star in the love triangle comedy set in Spain.

"...Vicky Cristina Barcelona has more comedy and a much friskier mood than the recent Match Point, but it ranks right up there with its predecessor as another high point in Allen’s continuing late phase as a movie auteur. Connoisseurs of Allen’s cinema might not want to put it on the same level with Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters, but it does have cinematic and comic-dramatic virtues in common with all of those acknowledged Allen masterpieces..."

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Marquee news has posted a review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Directed by Woody Allen, the film stars Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Jarvier Bardem. We follow a young American (Johansson) on a trip to Spain that leads to a love triangle with an artist (Bardem) and his ex-wife(Cruz).

"...Cruz steals the movie perfectly treading the line between psychotic and lovable. Viewers can feel her pain, which makes it easier to sympathize with her character. Bardem, who won an Academy Award for his role in "No Country For Old Men," also stands out and proves he can be much more than a killer with a bad haircut..."

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The The New York Times has posted an article on 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' In Woody Allen's latest film, Javier Bardem plays a Spanish artist who enters a relationship with a young American, played by Scarlett Johansson, while still involved with his crazy ex-wife, played by Penelope Cruz.

"...Among this elite, lovers lacking intellectual curiosity, the gift of high-culture gab and a post-Freudian vocabulary are no better than peasants. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” is the first Woody Allen film to infuse this lofty world with serious body heat..."

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eFlux Media has posted a review of 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'. Woody Allen's latest film stars Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson in a comedic love triangle. Shot in location in Spain, it marks the first time the director has shot a film there.

"...it has all the elements that Woody Allen has accustomed his audience to, but brings more sexuality into the mix, and does this in a natural and very entertaining way..."

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The Los Angeles Times has posted an article on Woody Allen's latest film, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'. The film stars Penelope Cruz, Jarvier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson in a comedy about a passionate love triangle. The article tried to examine the chances of the getting some nominations during this year's Oscar race.

"...Now Woody Allen claims that he wrote "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" specifically for Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson. Penelope Cruz has just the kind of flashy part that gets his characters noticed by the academy. Scarlett Johansson is outrageously overdue for her first nomination..."

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The Dallas Morning News has posted an interview with 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' star Javier Bardem. Directed by Woody Allen, the film follows a love triangle between Barden and Scarlett Johansson, playing an American Tourist, and Penelope Cruz, the jealous ex-wife. Despite playing a smooth talking womanizer in the film, Bardem insists that isn't the case in real life.

"...Those who know me know that there is no money in the world that you could pay me for me to go up to a table where there are two beautiful women and invite them to come with me to Oviedo," he says. "That's why you want to be an actor – you want to live lives that you know would be impossible..."

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San Fransisco's City Guide has posted a review of Woody Allen's latest film, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'. The film stars Scarlett Johannson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz who become entangled in a passionate love affair.

"...Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which represents Allen’s strongest work since 1997’s Deconstructing Harry, serves notice that the Bronx-born director has lost none of his talent for thrusting his characters into impossible, slyly comical binds without hitting a single false note..."

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Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces—and some other stuff—in Woody Allen's (winning!) latest The Village Voice has posted a review of 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', Woody Allen's latest film. The love-triangle comedy set in Barcelona stars Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Jarvier Bardem.

"...Filming in Spain, as with England before it, seems to have rejuvenated Allen, who has put more care into things like composition , editing, and performance than was evident in most of his work of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The result is a movie of real energy, levity, and joie de vivre..."

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Conde Nast Portfolio has posted an article on 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' director Woody Allen. He signed a 3 picture deal to make films anywhere in the world, which explains the setting for his latest film. 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' was originally set in San Francisco, but after the deal, Allen re-wrote the script for Barcelona.

"...In Europe, they don't have the studio system. In the United States, guys are always saying, 'We'll give you the money to make your film--but we're not just bankers,'" he said. "In fact, they are just bankers. They wind up saying, 'Who are you casting, let me read the script'--stuff they're utterly unqualified to judge..."

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The Kansas City Star has posted an interview with 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' star Javier Bardem. The star usually holds out for meaty roles, so the part of a Latino lover in Woody Allen seems a little out of character for Bardem. He talks about working with Woody Allen.

“...On Woody’s set there is no time to waste. For actors who have been in American films, where there is a lot of down time, it’s a challenge to be alert, to do the work without the luxury of too much thinking. That might make some actors nervous, but Woody gives you extremely well-constructed dialogue to work with..."

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