Wow, two opening night movies in a row! My sister must have been in town. Unfortunately, after my kind of OK review of Tropic Thunder, I've probably got to reconsider raising its rating a bit compared to Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
It was one of those experiences where you're at a movie, and other people are laughing, but you're not. You are either not getting the joke, or the other people think it's funnier than you do, or it's forced laughter. I think it was the latter. There were a few amusing bits, but nothing to warrant coming close to labeling this a comedy.
I didn't find the script or the plot particularly good, the characters were bordering on insipid--not quite there like in other Allen films but close--and a lot of the shots were flat out bad. I'm debating whether ScarJo can in fact act.
The one bright spot: Penelope Cruz. Awesome as always. Made me want to watch Volver again.
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