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Barcelona (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Barcelona' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Whit Stillman and set in Barcelona. The film stars Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman and Mira Sorvino.[https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/movie-week-barcelona Movie of the Week: "Barcelona"][https://www.criterion.com/films/28691-barcelona The Criterion Collection]
'Barcelona' is the second film (after 'Metropolitan' (1990) and preceding 'The Last Days of Disco' (1998)) in what Stillman calls his "Doomed-Bourgeois-in-Love series". The three films are independent of each other except for the cameo appearances of some common characters.
Plot
The main character in 'Barcelona' is a Chicago salesman named Ted Boynton, who lives and works in the eponymous Spanish city in 1987. Ted's cousin, Fred, a naval officer, unexpectedly comes to stay with Ted at the beginning of the film. Fred has been sent to Barcelona to handle public relations on behalf of a U.S. fleet scheduled to arrive later.
The cousins have a history of conflict since childhood, to which the film refers several times. Ted and Fred develop relationships with various single women in Barcelona and experience the negative reactions of some of the community's residents to the context of Fred's presence. Ted also faces possible problems with his American employer and with the concept of attraction to physical beauty.
Cast
* Taylor Nichols as Ted Boynton
* Chris Eigeman as Fred Boynton
* Tushka Bergen as Montserrat Raventos
* Mira Sorvino as Marta Ferrer
* Pep Munn as Ramon
* Hellena Schmied as Greta
* Nuria Badia as Aurora Boval
* Jack Gilpin as The Consul
* Thomas Gibson as Dickie Taylor
Reception
'Barcelona' received an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 35 reviews.
Year-end lists
*5th Bob Strauss, 'Los Angeles Daily News'*7th Yardena Arar, 'Los Angeles Daily News'
*8th Todd Anthony, 'Miami New Times'
*Top 9 (not ranked) Dan Webster, 'The Spokesman-Review'
*Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) Steve Murray, 'The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'
*Top 10 (not ranked) Betsy Pickle, 'Knoxville News-Sentinel'
*Best "sleepers" (not ranked) Dennis King, 'Tulsa World'
References
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