Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 04/02/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
The second film from writer/director
Whit Stillman,
Barcelona is a smart, urbane
comedy of manners set in Spain at the tail end of the Cold War.
Taylor Nichols stars as Ted, an American salesman living in Barcelona. Out of the blue, he is visited by his acidic cousin Fred (
Chris Eigeman), a U.S. Navy officer sent abroad to work damage control on rising anti-American sentiment. The textbook "Ugly American," Fred travels through the city in full military regalia, impervious to the constant taunts of "Fascist!" Like the similarly self-absorbed Ted, who has become involved with political activist Monsterrat (
Tushka Bergen), Fred also finds romance, with a party girl played by
Mira Sorvino. A brittle fish-out-of-water
comedy,
Barcelona is literate and sophisticated, a knowing essay on cultural identity and perception.
~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
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