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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 19 Mar 2013

It's a summery idyll: his most entertaining picture since Bullets Over Broadway (1994) or maybe Sweet and Lowdown (1999)…

Review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 29 Dec 2012

Allen's laziness is startling, even in so mechanical a filmmaker…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Premiere (771) on 17 Jul 2012

Allen does craft a fairly observant account of human behavior, so that the solemn aspects don't put a damper on the humor, or vice versa…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 09 Apr 2012

The two most hilarious characters, played by Spain's two most famous actors, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, are nothing if not cliches about…

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By Joanne Kaufman (79) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 11 Mar 2012

The narration, aided by a terrific score, does streamline the storytelling, and adds to it a faintly sardonic top note…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 06 Feb 2012

The writing is zippy, the story spins like a top, and Bardem turns out to be the wittiest of leading men…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 10 Nov 2011

Allen can be literal-minded about his thematic polarities, but, in this movie, he has put actors with first-class temperament on the screen,…

Review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 04 Nov 2011

Sincere, delicately funny, a little staid, a little precious, and more interested in the ebb and flow of the heart than in the dubious rewards…

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By Wesley Lovell (690) for Cinema Sight (678) on 14 Aug 2011

Although Penelope Cruz's performance is amusing, the film feels a bit forced, looking for meaning in Spain where there may not be any…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Apr 2011

The film's freedom and control, its inspiration and focus, announce it as the work of a confident and mature artist…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Feb 2011

Bardem's performance is so good it tends to mask how lacking much of what surrounds it is…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 05 Aug 2010

With all this going for it, Vicky Cristina Barcelona should be better than it is. But there's something intriguing going on here…

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By Matthew Pejkovic (770) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 06 Jul 2010

Vicky Cristina Barcelona is Allen's an ode to unrestrictive love, and a commentary on sex and how it speaks to different people…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 08 May 2010

It's literally difficult to believe that the person who made this picturesque, clueless, oddly misanthropic picture also made Annie Hall and…

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By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 May 2010

Watching Allen fart out a story when he has no characters is always painful, as people are defined through clumsy expository dialogue and ranked…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Feb 2010

The actors are attractive, the city is magnificent, the love scenes don't get all sweaty, and everybody finishes the summer a little wiser…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 25 Aug 2009

Not unlike Neil Simon scrambling to be Henry Miller…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 31 May 2009

Ought to have been an eye-roller. What a surprise that it's so seductive. The Woodman lives…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 08 May 2009

An atypical Allen film…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 22 Apr 2009

Many are hailing Woody Allen's new film, claiming it to be a return to form. I agree: he's returned to the earliest form of his career, the monologue…

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