Product: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Rating: 2.0
Had all the ingredients to be a good movie
Beautiful scenery, great cinematography, wonderful blu-ray, Diane Lane. What could go wrong?I'm a big Diane Lane fan, and I was really looking forward to watching this one, but it fell flat. It's all about the story and how well it's written. The story line itself had the potential to make a great movie. It just wasn't written very well. Even Diane couldn't rescue the lame dialogue, and usually her presence alone is good enough for me. It was also completely implausible. Frances tells her lawyer she has virtually no cash, her husband is requesting alimony, and apparently only receives her share of the equity from the sale of their house in the divorce settlement. Somehow, though, she has enough money to travel to Europe, purchase a dilapidated, yet elegant country estate in Italy, support herself AND employ a 3 man crew for at least 9 months for the renovation. C'mon.If you have a blu-ray player, your time won't be completely wasted by watching this because it really does have a ton of gorgeous scenery, including Diane. Not much is gained, though, by having the sound turned up.Too bad. The potential and the cast was there. Blame the screenwriter. I did.