Product: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Rating: 4.0
"Tuscan Sun" and Tarantino. What's the Connection?
Wednesday was my birthday so my wife reluctantly allowed me to pick the movie we were going to see. "Grindhouse"! Much to my displeasure and her relief the local bijou pulled "Grindhouse" because of recent events in Virginia that could spur copycats. So we picked up some wine coolers and went home and watched "Under the Tuscan Sun". Now I've been a big fan of Diane Lane for a number of years. "A Walk on the Moon" is incredibly underrated. But something about this pictured screamed "Chick Flick!" Boy, was I ever right. In a nutshell, spurned literary critic(Lane) takes a trip to Tuscany with some oh-so cute gays(are there any other kind in chick flicks?). Did I mention that her best friends are a lesbian couple played by Sandra Oh, possibly the world's most unattractive Asian and Kate Walsh, late from one of my all-time fave TV shows, "The Drew Carey Show". On impulse she buys a run-down villa in sunsplashed Tuscany. Employs some mildly comical Polish workers who have problems hooking up the hot water. Falls for a cad naturally named Marcello. A pregnant Oh comes to visit explaining that she was dumped by Walsh. Lane plays matchmaker to a young Polish worker and one of the local girls. You can pretty much figure out how it all ends. My wife's tear ducts were going. I viewed the proceedings with mild indifference. I give it three stars, my wife gives it five. We've reached a compromise on how to rate this flick.