To hit the nail on the head Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona is a beautiful film. This is not a hot film, it is not sexy, it is not cool, it is just beautiful. Beautiful in the way we explain vintage art or one of Mozart’s masterpieces. I say this movie is beautiful because it paints a raw picture of human love and the human situation, something many movies shy away from because of how sensitive and real it is, so we end up getting happily ever after love stories like “How to loose a guy in 10 days“.

This movie was about two friends Vicky and Cristina who agree on everything except the way to love. They go to Barcelona for the summer for vacation and fall into a love triangle with this very blunt but real painter after a strange encounter and a random trip to Oviedo. I found the characters in this movie very real. Cristina was the free spirit friend, she was up for anything as long it was exciting, all Cristina knew about herself was what she didn’t want. Vicky was the cautious friend, she had the conservative job and had a safe fiance and did not understand Cristina’s free spirited nature sometimes and Juan Antonio was the painter who had just ended a heated relationship with his ex-wife who ended up stabbing him.

“Only unfufilled love can be romantic”. A quote by Maria Elena, Juan Antonio’s ex-wife, which ended up to be the basic theme of the movie. The movie showcases the mystery and dissatisfaction of love and how sometimes love I not as cleanly cut out and perfect as the world demands it to be. This is more of an indie movie than a Hollywood blockbuster staring actresses like Scarlett Johansen (I will see any movie she is in), Rebecca Hall and Penelope Cruz (What more can you ask for). I will reccomend this movie for a day when you are introspective and maybe need a change of perspective from all you know.

My rating: 88%

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%

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