Product: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Rating: 4.0
Subtle and Entertaining
I thought this was a very good film but I am puzzled by the reviews I have seen here. Some hated this movie but many liked it and yet I wonder how many really got the point? This film could easily have evolved into an Italian Travelog with actors or succumbed to the facile ending, but instead it moved in unexpected directions everytime you seemed to know what would happen next. It really captures the joy and spirit of the Italian people without actually making that a focal point. The handling of the people and the locale were excellent because they never became the actual point of the movie. However, it is the ending that really sets this film apart, because the film builds to the conclusion that you should be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. And as usual when you get what you asked for God has a way of providing it in unexpected ways. I thought this was a subtle and entertaining film. I have seen it twice and enjoyed it both times.