Rotten
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
Gaudi Afternoon
Alone in a foreign city, Cassandra must solve a family's darkest, deepest secrets before she can confront her own past.
2001 · 1h 37m · R
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Susan Seidelman
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
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
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
Rotten
What should be a souffle of gender-bending mischief is more like a bowl of oatmeal.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
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.
Jan Stuart, Newsday
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