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1994 film by Whit Stillman
Barcelona
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Directed by
| Whit Stillman
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Written by
| Whit Stillman
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Produced by
| Whit Stillman
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Starring
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Cinematography
| John Thomas
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Edited by
| Christopher Tellefsen
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Music by
| Mark Suozzo
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Production
company
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Distributed by
| Fine Line Features
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Release date
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- July 29, 1994
(
1994-07-29
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Running time
| 101 minutes
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Country
| United States
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Language
| English
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Budget
| $3.2 million
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Box office
| $7.2 million
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Barcelona
is a 1994 American
romantic
comedy-drama
film written, produced, and directed by
Whit Stillman
. Set in
Barcelona
, the film stars
Taylor Nichols
,
Chris Eigeman
, and
Mira Sorvino
.
[2]
[3]
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.
Premise
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In 1987, Ted Boynton is a
Chicago
salesman living and working in
Barcelona
. Ted's cousin, Fred, a
naval
officer, unexpectedly comes to stay with Ted. 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. 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
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Reception
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On the
review aggregator
website
Rotten Tomatoes
,
Barcelona
holds an approval rating of 81% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10.
[4]
Metacritic
, which uses a
weighted average
, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
[5]
Year-end lists
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References
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- ^
"Barcelona (1994)"
.
Box Office Mojo
. Retrieved
September 27,
2022
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Brody, Richard
(August 6, 2014).
"Movie of the Week: "Barcelona"
"
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The New Yorker
. Retrieved
June 12,
2022
.
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"Barcelona"
.
The Criterion Collection
. Retrieved
June 12,
2022
.
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"Barcelona"
.
Rotten Tomatoes
. Retrieved
November 9,
2023
.
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"Barcelona"
.
Metacritic
. Retrieved
January 29,
2024
.
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a
b
Strauss, Bob (December 30, 1994). "At the Movies: Quantity Over Quality".
Los Angeles Daily News
(Valley ed.). p. L6.
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Anthony, Todd (January 5, 1995). "Hits & Disses".
Miami New Times
.
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Webster, Dan (January 1, 1995). "In Year of Disappointments, Some Movies Still Delivered".
The Spokesman-Review
(Spokane ed.). p. 2.
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"The Year's Best".
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
. December 25, 1994. p. K/1.
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Pickle, Betsy (December 30, 1994). "Searching for the Top 10... Whenever They May Be".
Knoxville News-Sentinel
. p. 3.
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Lyons, Jeffrey (host); Medved, Michael (host) (January 6, 1995).
"Best & Worst of 1994"
.
Sneak Previews
. Season 20.
WTTW
. Retrieved
February 20,
2024
.
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King, Dennis (December 25, 1994). "SCREEN SAVERS In a Year of Faulty Epics, The Oddest Little Movies Made The Biggest Impact".
Tulsa World
(Final Home ed.). p. E1.
External links
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