Allen goes to Spain- with two American women

Rating: 8/10 (29 March 2011)

Vicky and Cristina are two American women who spend some time in Bracelona in the summer.There they meet an artist called Juan Antonio Gonzalo, who wants to take them to Oviedo.There the three of them could make love, among other things.Vicky, who is getting married to Doug, could never imagine doing such a thing with a stranger.But Cristina is first in line to go to Oviedo with this man.But soon also Vicky finds herself in the small plane to spend a weekend with this man.Cristina becomes sick, so it's Vicky who gets to spend some time with Juan.And she finds herself falling for him.But Juan also has a bad-tempered ex-wife called María Elena, who has stabbed him.Cristina, after feeling better, finds herself living with both Juan and María Elena.So things get pretty hot soon.In Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) Woody Allen takes us to Spain.And he has gathered a great cast with him.Penélope Cruz plays María Elena.Scarlett Johansson portrays Cristina while Rebecca Hall plays Vicky.Javier Bardem plays the part of Juan Antonio.Chris Messina is Doug.Patricia Clarkson and Kevin Dunn play the parts of Judy and Mark Nash.Pablo Schreiber is Ben.Christopher Evan Welch works as Narrator.I've seen Allen doing better than this.As a comedy it doesn't work.It simply doesn't make me laugh.But the drama works much better.It portrays these American women as psychological beings, who do some searching of themselves.The movie has some memorable stuff, not only the kiss between Scarlett and Penélope.And the dialogue is very Allen.So Woody has made a pretty successful trip to Spain.