Under the Tuscan Sun (Widescreen Edition) (2003) Product Details Actors: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova, Vincent Riotta Directors: Audrey Wells Writers: Audrey Wells Format: Anamorphic, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Unknown) Subtitles: English Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number of discs: 1 Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Touchstone Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004 Run Time: 113 minutes Editorial Reviews Though she made her first movie at the age of 13, Diane Lane has only blossomed into a true star in her 30s, and Under the Tuscan Sun marks her full flowering. After a brutal divorce, Frances (Lane, Unfaithful, A Walk on the Moon) is persuaded by her friend Patti (Sandra Oh) to take a tour of Italy--where, on a whim that she hopes will rescue her from her desperate unhappiness, she buys a rundown villa and sets out to renovate it. Along the way, she gets advice from a former Fellini actress, meets a scrumptious Italian lover, and helps support Patti after her own relationship derails. The conclusion of Under the Tuscan Sun holds no surprises, but the deft turns and observations along the way are delightful. Lane carries the film effortlessly but surely, exuding both heartbreak and re-awakening passion. --Bret Fetzer Product Description From the studio that brought you SWEET HOME ALABAMA comes the extraordinary romantic comedy starring Academy Award(R) nominee Diane Lane (2002 Best Actress, UNFAITHFUL). Based on the #1 New York Times best-selling book, UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN follows San Francisco writer Frances Mayes (Lane) to Italy as a good friend offers her a special gift -- 10 days in Tuscany. Once there, she is captivated by its beauty and warmth, and impulsively buys an aging, but very charming, villa. Fully embracing new friends and local color, she finds herself immersed in a life-changing adventure filled with enough unexpected surprises, laughter, friendship, and romance to restore her new home -- and her belief in second chances. Customer Reviews 4.0 out of 5 stars (604) 4.0 out of 5 stars 5 star 327 4 star 127 3 star 50 2 star 44 1 star 56 See all 604 customer reviews See only verified purchase reviews “ An excellent date movie with plenty of comedy and romance, a good story, great scenery and great acting. ” Kev Cheeseman | 145 reviewers made a similar statement “ I know the movie isn't the book, with that said, it's a good movie. ” Damian P. Gadal | 85 reviewers made a similar statement “ This is an exceptional film that shows that no matter what life throws at you, the human spirit can survive and make a comeback. ” Gillespie Katcher | 67 reviewers made a similar statement Most Helpful Customer Reviews 37 of 41 people found the following review helpful 4.0 out of 5 stars Loved and Beloved by All September 30, 2003 By MICHAEL ACUNA VINE VOICE What starts out as an Italian "Money Pit" with all the attendant broken pipes, crumbling walls and incompetent handymen makes a turn for the better about a third of the way through: a more emotionally centered and revealing movie,"Under the Tuscan Sun." The luminescent Diane Lane stars as Frances, an intelligent, loving women with close and committed friends who finds herself in a situation that many people do: with a mate who has fallen out of love, wants a divorce as well as possession of a much loved and painstakingly renovated house, this one in San Francisco. After the divorce Frances goes to Tuscany on a lark, falls in love with a villa there, buys it and proceeds to renovate it. The villa then is the physical manifestation of the shedding of her old life and marriage and the hope for the renovation and rehabilitation of her love life as well as her life in general. That she probably places too much faith in the physical to solve the emotional does not detract at all from the guts and hope that it takes to do so. And Lane is so psychically centered and open as Frances that you cannot help but be moved by her situation. There are some silly plot lines and performances that I wish weren't, but with a central performance as attractive and genuinely loving and feminine as Lane's, "Under The Tuscan Sun" is as warm and inviting as bread just out of the oven.

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