This movie is proof that Hollywood does not have a monopoly on shallow, trite comedy. This movie is about a diverse crowd of young students from all over Western Europe studying and living in an apartment together. If all of the characters were American, and it took place in a loft in Manhattan instead of Barcelona, maybe drop the homosexual jokes here and there, this movie would have been virtually the same as an episode of "Friends." I've been to Barcelona and while I love the city, the backdrop was not enough to distract you from the annoying characters (especially the main character, whose dilemma amounted to "my life is miserable despite sleeping with supermodels"), stupid situations, and petty concerns.
What baffles me is the acclaim that so many people have for this movie. One has to wonder if the same people singing praise for this movie would be still praising it if it was a Hollywood movie about shallow Americans instead of shallow Europeans? I'm sorry hipsters, but just because something is "Euro" does not mean that it doesn't suck.
What baffles me is the acclaim that so many people have for this movie. One has to wonder if the same people singing praise for this movie would be still praising it if it was a Hollywood movie about shallow Americans instead of shallow Europeans? I'm sorry hipsters, but just because something is "Euro" does not mean that it doesn't suck.