Los Angeles Times as "an grownup, provocative piece of function". The New York Times praised Johansson, aged 17 at the time of filming, for enjoying an more mature character. In her third collaboration with Woody Allen, the passionate comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), which was filmed in Spain, Johansson plays just one of the love passions of Javier Bardem's character alongside Penélope Cruz.