Fresh
The epitome of what a feel-good movie is supposed to be but rarely is, this one is beautiful to look at and life-affirming to think about, and it doesn't have a pretentious bone in its head.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Under the Tuscan Sun
Life offers you a thousand chances ... all you have to do is take one.
2003 · 1h 53m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Audrey Wells
Overview
After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the villa and finds that life sometimes has unexpected ways of giving her everything she wanted.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The movie is sweet but deeply suspect: It's like Lost Horizon re-imagined by a realtor.
David Edelstein, Slate
Fresh
... some of the most beautiful photography in any film I've seen this year.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Under the Tuscan Sun pretends to be juicy, but it doesn't allow any dribbles. It purports to make love all over us, but not without laying down lots of paper towels first.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Rotten
Has about as much in common with Frances Mayes as it does with Willie Mays, but it does have the marvelous Diane Lane.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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