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Vicky Cristina Barcelona | 
 enlarge | Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Kevin Dunn
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 3224
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Operating System: DVD Disc
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 81672
UPC: 796019816724
EAN: 0796019816724
ASIN: B001DJ7PR8
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: January 27, 2009
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Product Description
Woody Allen's exotic romantic comedy finds Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) on holiday in Spain when they meet--and both fall for--a charismatic painter (Javier Bardem). As if this triangle didn't present enough neurotic difficulties, things take a turn for the stranger, and even more sensual, when the artist's ex-wife (Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner Penelope Cruz) throws herself into the mix. Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Chris Messina co-star. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish.
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It must be true that getting out of town can do a fellow a lot of good, because Vicky Cristina Barcelona is the best movie Woody Allen has made in years. Okay, you're right, 2006's Match Point already claimed that honor and, as Allen's first film made in England, established the virtues of getting away from overfamiliar territory (namely Manhattan). But the Woodman's first film made in Spain matches the ice-cold Match Point for crisp authority, and yields a good deal more sheer pleasure besides. Rebecca Hall (Vicky) and Scarlett Johansson (Cristina) play two young Americans, best friends, spending a summer in Catalonia. Vicky is going for a master's in "Catalan identity" (though her Spanish is shaky); Cristina is going along for, oh, just about anything. That soon includes celebrated abstract artist Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), who's anything but abstract in his forthright proposition that the two join him in his private plane, his travels, and his bed. That he has an insane ex-wife, Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz), who may or may not have tried to kill him is not really an issue until the wife reappears and ... well, consider the possibilities. Vicky Cristina Barcelona isn't exactly a comedy, at least not in the manner of Allen's "early, funny ones," but it's informed by a rueful wit that finds its fullest expression in reflective voiceover commentary. Spoken by Christopher Evan Welch, but surely on behalf of the 73-year-old auteur, this element of the film is neither (as some have charged) patronizing nor uncinematic; rather, it's integral to the movie's participation in a venerable European literary tradition, the sentimental education. Instead of Bergman or Fellini, this time Allen is invoking the François Truffaut of Jules and Jim and Eric Rohmer in his many meditations on the game of love. The entire cast is terrific (both Hall and Johansson get to play "the Woody part" at different points), with Bardem and Cruz especially delightful as exemplars of Old Worldliness. Cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe honors every drop of Catalonian sunlight and glint of Gaudí architecture. --Richard T. Jameson Stills from Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Click for larger image)
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