This movie, benign and conventional as it is, needs a gutsy performance to keep it from sheer sogginess. The biggest surprise the movie generates is why it’s taken this long for Lane’s career to take off.
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10/01/03
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Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
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Reviews Counted:141
Fresh:87
Rotten:54
Average Rating:6.2/10
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
...Some unexpectedly good subplots and beautiful scenery make this fluff particularly palatable.
10/01/03
compared to Lane, pretty much everything else in this film falls flat
10/01/03
While the plot sounds a bit schmaltzy, Lane's performance keeps Francesca real...
09/30/03
Sensual, luscious, vibrant filmmaking, and not a single frame of it is tepid or mundane.
09/30/03
Warmth and joy fill the movie. Some of it comes from that sun over Tuscany, but most of it comes from the inner radiance of Diane Lane.
09/30/03
Filled with realistic and sometimes quite witty dialogue, and Diane Lane is right there for every scene.
09/29/03
The movie is sweet but deeply suspect: It's like Lost Horizon re-imagined by a realtor.
09/29/03
... some of the most beautiful photography in any film I've seen this year.
09/29/03
Top Critic[Has] an emotional core of realism that is so precise and delicate and pinpoint accurate that it's overwhelming...
09/29/03
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09/28/03
It's lovely under the Tuscan sun. The book is better, the film beautiful to look at. Take your pick, or enjoy both.
09/28/03
Under the Tuscan Sun seems to be coasting on its pretty pictures of flower-drenched Italian landscapes.
09/28/03
Like the crumbling Italian villa at the center of this story, there is a lot wrong with the movie, but it is so enticing -- especially for its intended audience -- that it is hard to resist.
09/28/03
Under 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 CriticPicture-postcard scenery and Diane Lane's charisma makes up for an unrealistic plot and syrupy dialogue.
09/27/03
A first-class travelogue of sights and scenes; its whole, ultimately, is less than the sum of its parts.
09/27/03
a postcard-pretty wish-fulfillment comedy-drama, as light and enjoyable as a big scoop of gelato on a hot afternoon.
09/27/03
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