Los Angeles Times as "an grownup, provocative piece of do the job". The New York Times praised Johansson, aged 17 at the time of filming, for taking part in an older character. In her third collaboration with Woody Allen, the romantic comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), which was filmed in Spain, Johansson performs 1 of the really like interests of Javier Bardem's character along with Penélope Cruz.