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Cannes. Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Published 5/16/2008 at GreenCine Daily
"The only parts of Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona that really and truly feel alive and crackling are the Spanish-language scenes between Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz," writes Jeffrey Wells. "These two, portraying a pair of identically tempestuous, self-obsessed painters whose marriage has fallen apart due to an overabundance of heat and impulse and Spanish vinegar, are dynamite together. They create spark showers when they rage and taunt and rekindle their mutual hunger." The problem? A ...

Vicky Cristina Gets Oddly Mixed Reviews
Published 5/17/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
... So maybe we’re looking at another nod for Cruz. We have yet to see if 2008 will be a wasteland for actresses, as it was last year. Maybe this is a good sign. Over at Hollywood-Elsewhere, Jeff Wells thought the film was so bad it was like a parody of a Woody Allen film and he even suggests that maybe Allen was doing that on purpose (and if so, high five) to parody himself (really, Woody should do that - though he did do that in Stardust Memories. Sort of.) But Wells does single out both Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem as lighting up the screen ad libbing their Spanish: ...

Cannes: Vendredi, 16 Mai
Published 5/17/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
... Jeff Wells, “The only parts of Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona that really and truly feel alive and crackling are the Spanish-language scenes between Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz.” ...

Screenwriting News & Links! 6/2/08
Published 6/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Mystery Man) at Mystery Man on Film
... ," writes Jeffrey Wells. "These two, portraying a pair of identically tempestuous, self-obsessed painters whose marriage has fallen apart due to an overabundance of heat and impulse and Spanish vinegar, are dynamite together. They create spark showers when they rage and taunt and rekindle their mutual hunger." The problem? A "persistent, obnoxious, unwanted and thoroughly unnecessary narration track... There were boos." "[I]t's true that VCB is travel porn at its most arrant, an upscale tourist fantasy of Barcelona ...