Review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) by Jenna I — 03 Oct 2017

Okay have you all noticed how in every modern Woody Allen film that he's not acting in every character in the film talks like him anyhow? If I didn't know otherwise I'd say his directing style is probably telling people to stammer more and think of how their bubbeh would say it.

Anyhow, I actually enjoyed this way more than I expected. But it's definitely flawed. First off the narrator was pointless-most of the stuff he says gets repeated on screen anyhow. Second, there were a handful of scenes that were just straight up out of focus??? I was like get a better focus puller.

And lasts, as much as we all want to bone Javier Bardem I found the women to be a little too flat. Though I suppose everybody is a caricature anyhow. Vicky is afraid of making mistakes she can't take back, Cristina is exploring and looking for answers to questions she's not deep enough to understand, Juan Antonio is trying to live openly and only in the moment with no foresight or regard to consequences and Maria Elena is an obsessive compulsive mentally unstable emotional wreck.

I did at least appreciate the focus on faces over bodies, a rareity for Love triangle films. I also liked the ending in which there was a polite conversation between Vicky and Cristina and their friendship persisted with no hiccups. Another rareity on film.