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Article: Woody Allen has his groove back
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2008
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THE THEME isn't new. A character, often American or British, goes
to an exotic locale where he or she finds new excitement and renewed
purpose in life. Hence the title "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" where
Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) not only find
romance with the same sensual Spaniard (Javier Bardem), but an
entirely different, less-than-monogamous way of looking at life and
love.
And all one can say is "Viva Barcelona" - not only for breathing
new life into the two women, but for breathing new life into the
filmmaker, Woody Allen.
Allen, as we know too well, is no stranger to less-than-