Product: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Rating: 1.0
Utter Rubbish
I have to say this is one case where the movie is better than the book, but that bar was set pretty low. Where the book has barely a plot and nothing of any interest (unless you're a huge HGTV fan), the movie has a slightly more interesting plot by virtue of a protagonist that has just gone through a divorce. Her home has appreciated significantly (which explains better than the book how she has the wealth to buy a Tuscan villa and renovate it). Her friends then sign her onto a gay tour of Tuscany, which could have given the movie some depth ...but evidently was scuttled in favor of more conventional fare. Nothing dooms a film like cowardice.The rest of the movie is about the woman trying to find a new husband while pretending not to. In the end, of course (of course!) she succeeds. This kind of twaddle should embarrass even made-for-TV writers.In the right hands, this revised storyline could have turned into a perfectly decent movie. Unfortunately it is saccharine, utterly predictable and fails even to take advantage of Tuscany's exceptional scenery.