Transcript: 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona': Woody Allen, Uninspired

RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
08-15-2008
'Vicky Cristina Barcelona': Woody Allen, Uninspired

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

Woody Allen was once the bard of Manhattan but his center of gravity has moved overseas. After several films in London, he set his latest in Spain. Los Angeles Times and MORNING EDITION film critic Kenneth Turan has this review of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

KENNETH TURAN: Comedy-deprived moviegoers are desperate for the return of the old Woody Allen - the one who made them laugh. Each new Allen film is frantically examined. Is he back? Please let him be back. But "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" is not the return of ...

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