Cool.
Had some memorable scenes. Sappy radiohead music - not too spiffy. Nice affair with the wife scene. Hamburgers.
Audrey Tautou, Barnaby Metschurat, Cécile De France
As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier, an economics student in his late twenties, signs on to a European exchange program in order to gain working knowledge of the Spanish language. Promising t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 23, 2003
Stats: 1,569 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (1,569)
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February 15, 2009
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September 5, 2008
A movie I can really identify with about a bunch of Erasmus students from across Europe sharing a house and life in Barcelona. It avoids being corny, and presents a funny, entertaining depiction of international university life, and the self-development of the characters and thei...( read more)
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January 28, 2008
A future European classic. Appealing and persuasive picture of European integration and globalization, in which national and cultural differences lose relevance when human beings find themselves together. A fun and lovable, cozy mess of a film. Not to mention, set in one of my fa...( read more)
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October 14, 2009
[L'Auberge Espagnole] tells a story how a young lad (Xavier) taking off his life, and learning to grow up. The film is so lively, funny & amusing. The opening & the montages are especially impressive. It is everyone's deja vu of how to deal with a different life in a literally to...( read more)
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August 10, 2009
An enjoyable look at a group of international students getting along and having a great time... idyllic, eh?
Critic Reviews
A film whose limitations are the same as its appeal: It's a bauble. full review
Since for most of us, it's too late to pack a suitcase, spend a year in beautiful Barcelona, and fall so easily in and out of love, "L'Auberge Espagnole" is a lovely cinematic diversion. full review
It's a movie that feels rich in possibility, like the time of life it depicts, and creates a sunniness that lingers long after the credits roll. full review
A love song to the new Europe ... and a snapshot of a polyglot gang on the cusp of kind-of- reckless youth and responsibility- burdened adulthood. full review
Imagine the American students in The Real Cancun as if they were literate, cosmopolitan and not substance abusers, and you've got it. full review
It energetically captures the frenzied pace of contemporary existence, the complexities of life in a multicultural world, the rootless joys of living in a foreign city and the heady world of possibili... full review
It's the last year of free time. The last year of hanging out. The last year to spend on simply living. Few movies have ever conveyed that sense so well. full review
Presents an appealing and persuasive picture of European integration, in which national differences, which once sparked military and political conflict, are preserved because they make life sexier and... full review
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