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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 796
Released: February 3, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
From the studio that brought you SWEET HOME ALABAMA comes the extraordinary romantic comedy starring Academy Award(R) nominee Diane Lane (2002 Best Actress, UNFAITHFUL). Based on the #1 New York Times best-selling book, UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN follows San Francisco writer Frances Mayes (Lane) to Italy as a good friend offers her a special gift -- 10 days in Tuscany. Once there, she is captivated by its beauty and warmth, and impulsively buys an aging, but very charming, villa. Fully embracing new friends and local color, she finds herself immersed in a life-changing adventure filled with enough unexpected surprises, laughter, friendship, and romance to restore her new home -- and her belief in second chances.
Description of Under the Tuscan Sun (Widescreen Edition):
Though she made her first movie at the age of 13, Diane Lane has only blossomed into a true star in her 30s, and Under the Tuscan Sun marks her full flowering. After a brutal divorce, Frances (Lane, Unfaithful, A Walk on the Moon) is persuaded by her friend Patti (Sandra Oh) to take a tour of Italy--where, on a whim that she hopes will rescue her from her desperate unhappiness, she buys a rundown villa and sets out to renovate it. Along the way, she gets advice from a former Fellini actress, meets a scrumptious Italian lover, and helps support Patti after her own relationship derails. The conclusion of Under the Tuscan Sun holds no surprises, but the deft turns and observations along the way are delightful. Lane carries the film effortlessly but surely, exuding both heartbreak and re-awakening passion. --Bret Fetzer
Under the Tuscan Sun (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
True Romantic Comedy 
2008-09-01 - A chick flick if there ever was one. But pretty high quality stuff about a divorcee who finds a new life in Tuscany. Of course, actually buying and renovating an old house there would cost a fortune in reality, so this is clearly a movie. Worth watching for the scenery.
Highly recommended 
2008-08-29 - This was a great movie. My daughter told me about it and I ordered it. I'm glad I did. It was very realistic in it's story.
awsome!
2008-08-29 - Great girlfriend movie! Lots of inspiration and very similiar to the eat, pray, love book.
Art critics = chill out.
2008-08-08 - By no means is this an independent, indie, or artistic film. It is 100% MAINSTREAM. That being said, I think it's excellent, and it's on constant rotation in my DVD player. To those who had higher expectations for this film, it's common knowledge that book-to-big screen adaptations are NEVER as stimulating (or as accurate) as the book. However, as a movie in itself, Under The Tuscan Sun is charming, and manages to be both predictable and unpredictable at the same time. Also, as many others have said, the scenery is amazing, and will have you twitching in your socks to hop a plane straight to Italy. This is a movie for comedy/romance lovers without too much cheese (I personally can't stand romantic comedies but I find this one of my only exceptions). I absolutely recommend this film to all open-minded people who can step down from their elitist platforms while they watch and appreciate this film for what it is: a cute and well-made mainstream Diane Lane film. And if Frances Mayes can say on the DVD's featurette that she approves this adaptation of her novel, so should everyone else.
wonderful movie
2008-06-22 - Just watched this on tv (Perth, Australia) and I must say for a movie that I had never heard of, it's fantastic.
This film is a masterpiece of a genre rarley seen anymore. Bravo, Viva!!!
By the way, i'm going to order it on Amazon right now.
