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Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:21
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Though formulaic and superficial, Under the Tuscan Sun is redeemed by Lane's vibrant performance.
Theatrical Release:Sep 26, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $43,452,354
Synopsis: Who hasn't dreamed at least once of running off to a foreign country and starting a new life? That's exactly what Frances (Diane Lane) does in UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN, directed by Audrey Wells... [More]
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Reviews for Under the Tuscan Sun
Top CriticThe epitome of what a feel-good movie is supposed to be but rarely is, this one is beautiful to look at and life-affirming to think about, and it doesn't have a pretentious bone in its head.
10/16/03
Top Critic... some of the most beautiful photography in any film I've seen this year.
09/29/03
Top CriticUnder the Tuscan Sun pretends to be juicy, but it doesn't allow any dribbles. It purports to make love all over us, but not without laying down lots of paper towels first.
09/28/03
Top CriticHas about as much in common with Frances Mayes as it does with Willie Mays, but it does have the marvelous Diane Lane.
09/27/03
Top CriticIt is a glorious refreshment to spend time with characters who aren't twenty-something eye bait, someone's virtuous, whiny wife or other reductive archetypes.
09/26/03
Top CriticIt's like a music video of Helen Reddy's 'I Am Woman' filmed in the Chevy Chase Pottery Barn.
09/26/03
Top CriticLane makes a good impression of a woman taking a big risk and winning a second chance at life.
09/26/03
Top CriticThe only real downside to the film is what it's likely to do for Italian tourism. After this, the deluge.
09/26/03
Top CriticAlternately helped, hindered and (best) left alone by first-time director Wells, Lane fills the screen with her perceptive presence and lifts the undramatic story as high as gravity allows.
09/26/03
Top CriticEminently superficial, although Ms. Wells keeps the movie going with a steady, commanding hand and casts it with an actress who can deftly downshift from serene to sodden.
09/26/03
Top CriticWells ... serves up a comfort-food buffet of fantasies.
09/26/03
Top CriticIt's because of Lane's performance that we don't discount Frances as a silly thing with a weakness for rustic charm, big-eyed kittens and poetic tableaux.
09/26/03
Top CriticThe movie pretends it's peddling a vision of 'you-go-girl' independence in which it doesn't remotely believe.
09/26/03
Top CriticA touching story that includes large helpings of humor and charm.
09/26/03
Top CriticWhile both the scenery and star Diane Lane are highly watchable, the movie is pure froth, a plate-sized helping of zabaglione.
09/26/03
Top CriticIt may be a fairy tale, but it's one worth believing in.
09/26/03
Top CriticThe adaptation of Mayes' book proves to be stronger on scenery than on convincing drama.
09/26/03
Top CriticLikable and flawed in its own right.
09/26/03
Top CriticWhat redeems the film is its successful escapism, and Lane's performance.
09/26/03
Top CriticLatest News for Under the Tuscan Sun
July 28, 2005:
RT Critical Consensus: "Sky High" Soars, "Stealth" Crashes, and Diane Lane and John Cusack Go Dateless
The willing suspension of disbelief is often essential to the moviegoing experience. This week's wide releases provide no such relief. We will be asked to believe that a fighter... More...
March 11, 2005:
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