Product: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Rating: 4.0
"Under The Tuscan Sun" Will Always Shine, right on up there with the best!!!
By the title of this movie, you really can tell what you're in for, beautiful Tuscany!This film goes way beyond the typical 'romantic comedy', it really is all about one woman's struggle and happiness,(Diane Lane) of putting her life all back in order after her cheating husband decides he does not love her anymore; and after ludicrous demands from the husband in a very short legal realm. She is off to try to put her life in order.With the beautiful support of her best friend, Sandra Oh (who does a brilliant character study of her own in this movie) as her friends trade in their tickets to the unbelievable beautiful Tuscany, for a single ticket for their dear friend Frances (Lane), who after a bit of persuading takes it and takes off!!!What could be a better dream for oneself, then to have wonderful friends, like these, during these horrid times in life? Oh and her friends were originally going to use the tickets together themselves, although decide it more adequate for Frances to take this necessary vacation.While on a bus tour in Italy, Frances spies a villa that she is captivated with instantaneously, gets off to find out the particulars and ends up purchasing it, with all it's foibles and beauty.Frances hires local men who ultimately become 'her away from home family', to all help restore the home and landscape to what it was-somewhat, like before. It is centuries old now.This lovely film is more a 'romance', if you will, of a new country: It's diverse cultures, it's people, it's wonderful foods, it's rich history and traditions, it's exceptional beauty, ect., than that of the intimacy of a woman and a man.There are a couple of pullings in that direction, one with Frances, and the other, which is beautifully done by one of her local helpers whom she cares for deeply, as she does all of them after a short bit of time.This kind of relationship is not what the film is about, I think that is why it is so refreshing everytime I view it, and that has been many times now. This is just the first time I 'added my 2 cents to it'.I definitely feel like this is a great movie to take a look at, especially women who really would like to "get away to Italy" for about a couple of hours. And take a good look around with director Audrey Wells, and the extrodinary cast here--go play in Italy!!!! I take a vacation everytime I watch this.