: Vicky Christina Barcelona
Author: Woody Allen
Director: Woody Allen
Odd movie, which I sort of expected. It has wonderful dialog and performances, but the story is slight and the ending is too much like real life, which is either boring or depressing. Still, it was an interesting ride: I’m not sorry I saw it, though I do wish it had a conclusion that actually went somewhere. The basic plot is about two American girls in Spain who meet a radical painter and both fall in love with him, though of the girls is about to be married. Of course that leads to all sorts of love triangles and complications, and it gets even worse when the artist’s violent ex-wife returns and we have a threesome. It is an unusual character piece and I really liked some aspects of the main characters: we see Vicky’s inability to decide what she wants, Christina’s search for fulfillment, and the painter’s doomed love affair with his ex. But ultimately, despite this wonderful canvas and palette of colors, nothing comes of anything.
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