Beautiful. Complicated. Love. (GAY)
Final Verdict: This film is a lush, romantic, sexual fantasy. It boasts exotic locations, beautiful people, expensive dining, and upper-class society. All the characters engage in activities only the superbly rich could enjoy, and while sometimes annoying, the film doesn't doesn't try to hide it's over-the-top lavishness; it embraces it. The characters are consumed in the pursuit of love, not a superficial kind, but a transcendental love that extends beyond social normalities and expected behaviors and enters a realm of spirituality and mysticism. The multiple love triangles keep the movie intensely captivating, and right away it becomes a quest by the viewer to guess how it will all end. This is the first Woody Allen film that I've seen (I think), and I must say, it's an excellent first impression. Additionally, Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men) is an excellent lead actor, and in many cases, the star of the film. It's a great romantic tale and a highly attractive movie for women, gays, and apparently, myself.
Spoiler(s): There's a threesome. The good kind. Woo!
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82%
"Maria Elena used to say that only unfulfilled love can be romantic." -Juan Antonio
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