Gaudi Afternoon
"A clever story, a brilliant cast, dazzling production design... in short, a feast!" -Saturday Star
Cassandra Reilly (Judy Davis) is an American translator eking out a living in Barcelona. When a mysterious, glamorous, stranger Frankie Stevens (Marcia Gay Harden) arrives at her doorstep and offers her a large sum of money to help track down her missing husband, it's an offer Cassandra can't afford to refuse.
Soon Cassandra finds herself caught up in a web of mistaken identities, double crossings and a devilish kidnapping plot in this gender bending detective comedy set against a backdrop of Gaudi's spectacular architecture.
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Not Sure Why I Bothered - Delacroix
Not sure why I bothered with this movie. Thaught i'd go for it as I returned from Barcelona and the Gaudi architecture was great. On a whim thought i'd try it. The best part was revisiting Barcelona. The movie was pretty bad, grainy feel, plot was pretty bad. Wouldn't recommend it.Average production - Wentai
Decent but not really different. The usual 'he's lying, no she's lying' stuff, with some cross dressing and gender confusion thrown in. It's too bad the description gives some spoilers away but I didn't read that part first, so I was still surprised when the plot tiwsts came.
The best part about this film is that women were the main characters. I prefer movies where women have the lead role and this film was refreshing after seeing so many male dominated films where there was not a pretty face to be found anywhere.fun - dweezil
this is a fun little film, with quirky characters, smart plot twists and attention to detail. a lovely 'lesbian' comedy that is smart and fun to watch. lili taylor is extremely entertaining as ben, while marsha gay harden is terrific as frankie. her performance is strong yet subtle, no over the top -making jokes of trans people here.
heck, even juliette lewis is fun and enjoyable in this film.
of course judy davis is terrific as the translator caught up in the middle of all this ridiculousness.
this one is nice and easy. simply a pleasure
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Not Sure Why I Bothered - Delacroix
Not sure why I bothered with this movie. Thaught i'd go for it as I returned from Barcelona and the Gaudi architecture was great. On a whim thought i'd try it. The best part was revisiting Barcelona. The movie was pretty bad, grainy feel, plot was pretty bad. ...Average production - Wentai
Decent but not really different. The usual 'he's lying, no she's lying' stuff, with some cross dressing and gender confusion thrown in. It's too bad the description gives some spoilers away but I didn't read that part first, so I was still surprised when ...fun - dweezil
this is a fun little film, with quirky characters, smart plot twists and attention to detail. a lovely 'lesbian' comedy that is smart and fun to watch. lili taylor is extremely entertaining as ben, while marsha gay harden is terrific as frankie. her performance ...