Love in all its facettes

Rating: 7/10 (9 July 2018)

"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" tells the story of two very different young American women who, for different reasons, decide to travel to Spain together and fall in love with the same man. When his passionate ex-wife appears, things spiral out of control.
First of all I have to say that after all that has happened, as much as I enjoy his films, everyone should carefully consider if he is alright working with him. It is not okay to just pretend nothing happened, if the accuses are true. Nontheless, I'll try to set that aside and only rate the movie. I didn't really enjoy this film as much as Allen's other works, possibly because some typical features like the subtle humor are missing. It manages to depict love in very different and true ways but sometimes the plot is missing some tempo and personally, the narrator seemed like a disturbance sometimes. However the film delivers some great acting, big names and surely a lot of good eye for the details of relationships.
All in all this is a clever film about love and its forms but it is missing some of the esprit that other Woody Allen films convince with. It is, nonetheless, worth a watch, if you are willing to blend out who made it.