Vicky Cristina Barcelona (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: Fab cinematography, great performances from Cruz, Bardam and Rebecca Hall
Disadvantages: All a bit lewd and lurid

...the same time is hazardous. Vicky is a student studying Catalan culture so when she gets an invite to visit Barcelona from her rich friend Judy (Patricia Clarkson) and her spouse, Mark (Kevin Dunn) she jumps at the opportunity as she thinks the visit will help with her M A thesis. Vicky takes along her beautiful, headstrong and promiscuous friend, Cristina (Scarlett Johansson). The two girls first meet Juan Antonio in an art gallery, and the reckless ... Read review

Advantages: Great acting, good story, great atmosphere
Disadvantages: Maybe the ending

...told me he had got Vicky Cristina Barcelona for me to watch, I wasn’t too sure that I was going to give it a try. However, one very boring evening with nothing better to do, I thought I would start the film and see what it was like. The film opens up as Vicky and Cristina, two best friends, arrive from America to spend the summer in Barcelona. A narrator (Christopher Evan Welch) tells us how different the two young women are in their conception ... Read review

Advantages: Thought-provoking, beautiful story, witty dialogue.
Disadvantages: None

...Cruz [Maria Elena] Although open-minded, Vicky is more of a traditionalist who long ago decided that she would forego on love and passion in order to acquire stability and security. Her idea of a good relationship is one that is based on respect and trust. Majoring in Catalan Living, she is in Barcelona in order to work on her thesis and to get up front and personal with Gaudi's work. Engaged to be married to a man she respects and loves on ... Read review

Advantages: A fairly good story line, Penelope Cruz
Disadvantages: Very slow, dull, uneventuful, annoying narrator, more porno than romance

When two best friends, sensible Vicky and adventurous Cristina, decide to take a trip to Barcelona, they meet the dark mysterious Juan Antonio, a Spanish painter. Cristina immediately falls for his seductive charm and encourages the cautious Vicky to take a trip to his home town where he has offered them a room in his house. When the girls find out about Juan Antonio's previous violent relationship which ended with him nearly being killed, he becomes ... Read review

Advantages: acting
Disadvantages: pace

...the story of two girls, Vicky and Cristina, on holiday in Barcelona. Vicky is straight-laced and polite, adhering to all of society's most dull rules and regulations. Cristina, a fiery blonde, is somewhat shallower, and simply aims to have a good time. When local artist (and hunk) Jaun Antonio offers them both a night in his bed, the story takes a turn for both girls that surprises them. This is a quirky little romance, with unpredictability at ... Read review