The number of positive reviews of this film is astonishing, but if possible I'm even more amazed at how mild the negative reviews generally are. 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' is a truly awful movie. There was not a single believable moment in the whole thing, not the plot, not the acting, not the dialogue, not even the costumes and the props. (Those giant balloon Pottery Barn wine glasses in constant use--really? They expected us to believe that's everyday glassware for Europeans?) And the narration! Criticism of the quality of the narrator's voice is quite beside the point, people. Why was it there at all? It was like having someone read at you a bad first draft of the short story on which the movie was based while it played in the background. The characters were meant to be passionate, but they really seemed to be acting passionate and inventing drama to relieve their excruciating boredom. Unfortunately, none of it relieved ours.