...audience is swept away into the painting-like landscape the film so intently pushes and forgets the awkwardness of the film’s first reel.
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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
Wells ... 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 CriticA quiet film -- so quiet that viewers may find themselves yawning halfway through it.
09/26/03
The movie pretends it's peddling a vision of 'you-go-girl' independence in which it doesn't remotely believe.
09/26/03
Makes for an eye-pleasing travelogue -- which is at least half the battle won for a project like this -- and our on-screen tour guide could not be more beguiling.
09/26/03
The performances are terrific, especially the wonderful Lane, who deftly conveys weariness, desperation, vulnerability and sexiness at various turns.
09/26/03
[Lane] makes every moment of it immediate, inescapable and unforgettable.
09/26/03
A 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 CriticBe ready to book a flight to Europe after the flick -- or at least spring for some good Chianti.
09/26/03
It may be a fairy tale, but it's one worth believing in.
09/26/03
Top CriticThis adaptation of Frances Mayes' largely autobiographical best-seller is so predictable, so familiar, so episodic that it seems to belong on the small screen.
09/26/03
The 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
What redeems the film is its successful escapism, and Lane's performance.
09/26/03
Top Critic[The actors] strike most every note with a resonance that -- of course -- carries through to the heart.
09/26/03
Plays as a warmly soothing yuppie-makeover daydream, and it goes down like limoncello -- sweet, not very good for you, but irresistible just the same.
09/26/03
For a movie that's all about taking chances, Under the Tuscan Sun allows itself very few. ... Every now and then, there's a glimmer of something bittersweet, something deeper and truer beneath the movie's surface, struggling to break through the pr
09/26/03
A Caucasian Waiting to Exhale
09/26/03
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