Vicky Christina BOREcelona

Rating: 4/10 (7 March 2009)

The movie's been over for about 10 minutes now, and I'm STILL waiting for something to happen. Honestly, I wanted to turn it off and go to bed before Penelope Cruz's character even showed up, but given she won an academy award for the part, I thought I'd stick it out. Well, she played her part fine, but it wasn't worth the wait. I suppose my expectation that a Woody Allen movie be at least remotely funny affects my opinion of anything he does, and this film provoked nary a snicker much less a laugh. I also think ol' Woody has quite a few fantasies about Ms. Johansson (sp?), based on her roles in his recent films. The narration of this film also was very annoying to me, both in dialog and the chosen voice. I think it would have been less so if Woody had done the narration himself.
Anyway, if you're a fan of old Woody Allen, this one isn't going to win you back. Frankly, I don't know who this film would appeal to at all - perhaps women who hate their marriages and get a daily dose of romance novels.