Highly Overrated But Still Good

Admirable film.

Absolutely brilliant

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I bought this DVD for 50p 2nd hand and I was robbed, I wouldn't even recommend it as a coaster! If I'd wanted so much narration I'd have bought an audio book, everything is rushed and compiled in such an amateur fashion. The story is neither compelling or romantic. Don't waste you time with this disappointment!

I not only have problem with this movie but in general with many similar movies with the similar theme that try to show successful nice family-oriented men as boring husbands who their wife cheat on them. Is this how women are? If so, then no man should get married. I mean what is the point of getting married if your wife prefers a jobless weird charming guy over you? Moreover, this movie promotes a valueless life style in which humans should not have any value and they should do whatever they like to do. This is sickness. We humans stop ourselves from some short-term joys (like drinking too much sugar drinks) to make our life healthier in long term. Of course drinking Coca is enjoyable but it is not worth the problems which come after it. Then, why having the same values for life is boring? Of course sleeping with every single attractive people could be physically enjoyable but what about the long-term happiness in our life when we need to feel happy deep inside?This movie is pure sickness!

Vicky Cristina Barcelona is the story of a four people struggling to understand what love is or what the feelings they have mean. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are Americans spending a summer in Barcelona. They meet Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem) a painter who embodies the concept of European free love. They fall into an unusual love triangle, complicated by Vicky's engagement. It gets even more complicated when Juan Antonio's crazy ex-wife Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz) is thrown into the mix.What makes Vicky Cristina Barcelona different from most love triangle movies, is that there is no animosity between the characters. They are not in competition with each other, they are merely trying to find themselves. Everyone gives a great performance, particularly Rebecca Hall and Penelope Cruz. Woody Allen is working in his element here are makes a few choices that are unorthodox, but effective. Most notable is his use of a narrator throughout in the manner that was common in the 40s and 50s. The narrator relays plot points that could be conveyed in a quick scene, but rather that interrupt the flow, they are narrated in transitions.

I do find the character of Vicky irritating though. As she moves from one guy to the next. I know the point is that she doesn't know what she wants....or thought she did. But why the Ben character then? She's got a husband who she supposedly loves. She meets a Spaniard and begins an affair with him. Which creates her confusion. But then Ben too? What's with his presence in the movie? I think her brief involvement with him is what makes her confusion rather irritating.