Akito HirataReview - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
January 12th 2009 12:44
As the title indicates, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are two American girls holidaying in Barcelona for two months during the summer with Vicky's distant relatives. Vicky is completing her masters degree in Catalan identity while Cristina has recently completed a 12 minute short film which she subsequently hated. As introduced by the wry narrator (Christopher Evan Welch), even though the two girls had been best friends since college, when it came to the subject of love there couldn't be two more dissimilar viewpoints. Vicky, recently engaged, was realistic looking for seriousness and stability while Cristina, recently single, accepted suffering as a component of love and was a romantic in terms of her approach to love.
The focus hereon in lies in the girl's involvements with Juan and his subsequent connection with his unstable ex-wife Maria Elena, fantastically portrayed by Penelope Cruz, who shines in her natural tongue. Javier Bardem oozes creative aloofness and sexiness and is a far cry from his menacing role in No Country for Old Men. Some funny moments to be had, particularly in the scene where Maria Elena interrogates Vicky about her choice to study Chinese instead of Spanish, because it was a pretty language.
A casual affair on all accounts, Barcelona seemed to be very inspirational in terms of the setting, soundtrack and the characters located within this amazing fairy tale like city.
Voyage Review: 3.5/5
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