Great entertainment

Rating: 8/10 (14 April 2013)

I have seen a lot of Woody Allen films and this is among my favorites. Mainly because the script is so tight and witty and all the actors are brilliant and perfectly cast. My favourite scene is the very last one, in which Vicky and Cristina can look either profoundly changed or indifferent at what they've gone through, depending on your point of view. The film can be seen either as a fun bit of fluff or quite meaningful. I don't think the film has a message, but it is interested in what each character gets up to. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) must choose between her impulsive Spanish lover and her safe, boring husband. Javier Bardem's character realises he loves his troubled, fiery ex-wife Maria Elena, despite how chaotic and even violent she is. I don't know what Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) realises, but she is entertaining, as an open minded artistic woman who is up for everything. The scene at the restaurant in which Javier Bardem propositions Vicky and Cristina at the restaurant, and the women have vastly different responses, one prissy, one flattered and flirtatious, is a classic. Basically, Allen simply has fun with the beautiful setting, the art, the artists and the social milieu.