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Sadly Over-hyped

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

In many ways Under The Tuscan Sun seems to be a kinder and gentler version of The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone. Both deal with female protagonists who have lost their husbands and seemingly a reason for existence as both had much maybe too much invested in their marriages.Unlike Vivien Leigh's film where her husband dies leaving her a wealthy widow who can now indulge in hedonism, Diane Lane was a successful author who supported her husband who was struggling as a writer and she catches him with another woman. He demands and gets the alimony.So disgusted is she that she takes off for Italy on a gay tour at the behest of her lesbian friend Margaret Oh who gives up her and her partner's ticket for one first class for Lane because she badly needs R&R. That's a friend, no one ever did that for me. The theory being that on a gay tour she can think without being hit on as a ready to rebound divorcée.Passing through Tuscany she spots a villa being sold dirt cheap by American prices and impulsively buys it. After that comes a few heartaches, but gradually Lane's back in the swing of things Italian style as it were.I did love the nicely photographed scenes of Italy showing the daily life there. Lane really dominates the film and though she's sadder and wiser she's not caught up in a meaningless and hedonistic existence as Vivien Leigh was. And Margaret Oh has a lot of wisdom in her and she will be one you remember.For sadder and wiser romantics Under The Tuscan Sun is cheerfully recommended.

It's not often I don't manage to plow trough a movie, but the writing on this one was undoubtedly the worst I have seen in a long time.The bafflingly horrible dialogue and characterization was insulting for a viewer with even a shred sense. Was this a film student project gone horribly awry? In a character driven movie, you'd think there would be at least a little effort made on the way characterization. Basically what this movie boils down to is the scenery with a cheesy plot, even worse dialogue and no real heart or mind behind it. Cheap money grab form dimwits to dimwits.If I absolutely would have to say anything good about it, is that most of the shots where in focus.

This movie came out in 2004. I guess it must have been trying to somehow jump on the cultural bandwagon of gay women coming out on TV. Bad idea and a ruination of a great book! The women characters are most unbelievable paper dolls at best! Wrong time, way and place to make a cultural statement - and horrible dialogue. I loved the book and all the books by Mayes and looked forward to the delightful story of how she and her HUSBAND bought and remodeled their house in Tuscany. The husband was a great attraction because he was able to do the repairs and was also interested in aesthetics of food , wine and cultural history of Tuscany.this movie was like a made for TV movie. I think the script writer only read the book tile and looked at the cover photo to get her inspiration for the script. It reminds me of a 1960's Doris Day movie, second thought, the 60's Doris Day movies were better. I bought my copy at the thrift store for .25 cents. It was a wast of my money, but being so cheep, I din not feel too bad about tossing it in the trash. this movie sucks.

This is a travelogue that meets 'a year in Provence.'It is an adaptation of a book where Diane Lane who discovers her husband is having an affair and is persuaded to go to a tour of Italy and impulsively purchases a run down house. She sets about getting workers together and fix the house while at the same time getting her life together and hopefully find romance again.There is wonderful Italian scenery, Lane looks ravishing, some tender and funny and scenes but its predictable. I saw the television adaptation of the Year of Provence over twenty years ago and here again you have workers struggling to fix the house and having problems communicating because of the language problems, some of the builders here are Polish.Pretty soon Lane has a male admirer and things seem to brighten up for Lane as the house is coming together and some of the side plots such as one of the Poles falling for a local girl coming to an optimistic end. However you always feel her young male admirer is someone hardly in short of female company when he is away from her.The film gets along in a nice bland way, never really jolting you because its predictable and never reaching a higher gear. Its as is some edgy characters such as Lane's gay friends and the nice scenery is supposed to make up for a run of the mill screenplay.