Highly recommended, especially for people who constantly think about love

Rating: 8/10 (21 October 2011)

Vicky Cristina Barcelona is one of the most well-written and well-played movies I've seen recently. Coupled with an engaging story, a great choice of theme song (it was so characteristic) and great acting, it's a complete piece. Above all, I value how the whole movie comes together as one piece of artwork instead of focusing on different aspects separately. HOW the movie feels to you emotionally, HOW the pacing suits you, HOW the flow is going, HOW engaged you are in the story, HOW you can relate to it, etc. If the whole thing doesn't FEEL good altogether, then it's a fail, no matter how many bits of sparkles there might be here and there. What's best about this movie is being multi layered without becoming a mess. There are a lot of great dialogues and life- related elements.
The movie raises some interesting questions about love, about different love situations, and about what we want and what we think we want. Vicky who loves her husband, who wants a perfect and politically correct life may actually be looking forward to some adventurous affairs. Cristina, who is willing to try something intriguing and unstable, grows restless after already finding it and realizes that isn't what she really want. Judy, who loves her husband but is not in love with him, is stuck in her situation because there is not a problem to be solved (her husband has done nothing wrong) and try to convince herself of a way out by forcing it to Vicky who is more or less having the same situation. And I'm not even talking about the threesome. In the end, they are all back to where they begin.
Highly recommended, especially for people who constantly think about love although this is not strictly a love story.
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