Barcelona hasn’t turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra thought it would be. But just when she’s about to return to America, the mysterious Frankie offers her a large sum of money to track down her missing lover.
A kooky, madcap adventure set in Barcelona devolves into a sort of sub -sub-Almodovar picture. Stay for the opening credits, then leave.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
29 Mar 2003
rotten:
For a while, the sheer exoticism of the characters and the setting provides a certain amount of interest, but the film's farcical situations, mostly involving the sexual orientation of its characters, ultimately prove tiresome.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar 2003
rotten:
A mildly entertaining gender-bender comedy set in Barcelona, never quite lives up to its excellent cast or the onetime promise of director Susan Seidelman.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
21 Mar 2003
rotten:
What should be a souffle of gender-bending mischief is more like a bowl of oatmeal.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
20 Mar 2003
rotten:
Even the crackpot architectural genius of Antonio Gaudi cannot elevate this silly little farce of sexual confusion from director Susan Seidelman and writer James Myhre.