Product: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Rating: 2.0
The author should have written the screenplay
I love romantic movies that are plausible. This movie had Hollywood written all over it. The two teenagers for one--what parent would turn their daughter over to a stranger from a foreign (Poland) country with no family based on another stranger from a foreign (United States) country's recommendation? Frances' argument for them to be together was a weak argument, which confirms my belief that Hollywood hasn't a clue on how to properly raise children. Also, the gay couple could have been left out--the director obviously wanted to promote gay pride, but the couple didn't fit this story or the director could have evolved their characters more I hope that I can afford to buy the home of my dreams as easily as the central character did and not have to worry about where the money is going to come from to renovate it. I believe the author didn't mean for the story line to go in the direction that the director took it. How painful it must have been for her to watch how her memoir was butchered by the "Hollywoodized" screenplay. It could have been better (some scenes are painful to watch).