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intereact!Director: Audrey Wells
Actors: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova, and Vincent Riotta
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $29.99
Release Date: 2004-02-03
Theatrical Release Date: 2003-09-26
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Run Time: 113 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Discs: 1
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
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 Fetzer2) Description
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.
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5
1) Do not make a guy watch this film. [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Ok, you know how women love to take about 4 hours to convey 35 seconds worth of information? Take that concept, turn it into a movie, and you have Under the Tuscan Sun. This is a movie that women just love. It has some kind of subtlety or something or other. But whatever that something is, men cannot detect it. I was forced to watch it, and it was literally about 2 hours with no meaningful sequence of events that I could detect.So this is a movie that is great for women (I think), but men will find more boring that basically anything.2) A great way to spend a couple of hours [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This is just one of those movies I can watch at least once a year. Why more films aren't made about ditching your crummy life and moving to Tuscany, I haven't figured out. It's my ultimate fantasy.In addition to that, Diane Lane gives a gracious performance fraught with uncertainty and humility - she doesn't have it all figured out, and she doesn't pretend to. As a recent divorcee, she is sad and struggling to find herself and figure out what she wants out of life. The bursts of sadness and loneliness she experiences throughout the movie are heartening and lend credence to her plight-she is a middle-aged woman, who has lost her home and has been tossed aside by her uncaring husband - and she is clearly not going to get over it just because she has moved to a (soon to be) fabulous villa in Tuscany. I appreciated this detail because in many movies, the actors behave in a way that is totally inconsistent with how real life would play out.Grab some popcorn and your girlfriends, maybe a Kleenex or two, and enjoy!3) Great movie for the newly divorced woman.... [Rating: 5 out of 5]
When my friend got divorced, we went to see this movie. It is a great movie and lifts you up to feel like you can get through and conquer life! Especially after what Diane Lane's character went through in this movie, life seems like you can do whatever you want!4) Love this ... [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This is such a feel good movie...when you want to escape to Italy, just pop it in...5) my favorite movie ever [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Okay, I am a sucker for traveling, adventure, love stories, good wine and well, Italian trees too. After watching this film, you'll have an attitute like why not and move to Italy, buy a house, fill it up with people, make them your family... This movie gives a good life perspective to thouse who are found at some kind of dead end. It is kind of like an ice breaker of our society. Portrays very well how many people can live in darkness not realize that happiness is just within reaching of hand. Just like the character of the story, stuck in San Fransisco, mild town, with grey streets and boring, busy people, who only mind their own business. She is dipressed...not until she goes to Italy and radically changes her life by making a sudden choice that most people in San Fransisco would name mad!