Barcelona is definitely a romantic's paradise!!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2008)

Woody Allen has made an excellent selection of actors and location of the movie. Scarlett Johansson ( my all time favorite), Rebecca Hall (my new favorite) who are 2 American girls in Spain, Penelope Cruz , a Spanish girl from spain who speaks English with a heavy Spanish accent and Javier Bardem ( a Spanish actor known for his Oscar winning role in No country for old men) are very convincing throughout the movie. They are good in love scenes and also in having long sensible conversations. If Scarlett Johansson continues to work with Woody Allen she never has to pick up any other accent. She is always an American tourist either in England ( Match point, Scoop )or in Spain. Scarlett Johansson is a good actress . Her body and her voice are her signature. Penelope Cruz did an excellent job of a very possessive lover and also did very well with her outbursts of anger as with silent sexual and erotic moves. Javier Bardem has shown that he is good with a gun and without a gun. 2 movies with very contrasting roles. Barcelona and other parts of Spain are definitely a romantic's paradise.