Gaudi Afternoon

R

Released Mar 21, 2003

1h 28m

Comedy

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29%

17 Reviews

Tomatometer

45%

250+ Ratings

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Translator Cassandra Reilly (Judy Davis) is an American expatriate who has just about had her fill of Barcelona, Spain -- that is, until the mysterious Frankie Stevens (Marcia Gay Harden) enlists her to play detective and find her missing husband. Eager for excitement, Cassandra takes the job but discovers that all is not what it seems when Frankie's husband, Ben (Lili Taylor), turns out to be a woman, and their real battle is not one for divorce but for custody of their child.

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Tardes de Gaudí [2001]

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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The film's unique style carries it as far as it goes, but it could have gone much farther still. Extremely pointless and annoyingly silly, this one really doesn't know where it's headed.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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The scenery is beautiful, the music is great, but the story never actually manage to move me.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Marcia Gay Harden makes for a hot transsexual.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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An amazing, hilarious, and beautifully acted arthouse film. I've watched this five times now and I'll never be sick of it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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For a cloudy sunday afternoon in fall...

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Susan Seidelman

Director

Judy Davis

Cassandra

Marcia Gay Harden

Frankie

Lili Taylor

Ben

Juliette Lewis

April

Courtney Jines

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Stephanie Zacharek

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A kooky, madcap adventure set in Barcelona devolves into a sort of sub -sub-Almodovar picture. Stay for the opening credits, then leave.

Mar 29, 2003

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Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

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.

Mar 24, 2003

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 21, 2003

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Jordan Hiller

Bangitout.com

Gaudi Afternoon is mostly dream, part nightmare, and part morality play surrounding the concept of mothering a young girl.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 16, 2006

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Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Scott Nash

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Rated: 2/4

Sep 30, 2005

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Synopsis

Translator Cassandra Reilly (Judy Davis) is an American expatriate who has just about had her fill of Barcelona, Spain -- that is, until the mysterious Frankie Stevens (Marcia Gay Harden) enlists her to play detective and find her missing husband. Eager for excitement, Cassandra takes the job but discovers that all is not what it seems when Frankie's husband, Ben (Lili Taylor), turns out to be a woman, and their real battle is not one for divorce but for custody of their child.

Director: Susan Seidelman
Producer: Susan Seidelman
Screenwriter: James Myhre
Production Co: Lolafilms S.A.
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 2003, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017
Runtime: 1h 28m

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