Enchanted April (1991) [VHS]
starring: Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina, Neville Phillips, Jim Broadbent
directed by: Mike Newell
directed by: Mike Newell
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This lovely, 1991 adaptation of Elizabeth Von Arnim's novel has a superb cast and a tone so mellow you can feel your pulse get slower. Josie Lawrence and Miranda Richardson play a pair of unhappily married women who rent an Italian villa for a month, sharing the rent with a crusty Englishwoman (Joan Plowright) and a lonely aristocrat (Polly Walker). Sun, rest, sinking into the green grass for long naps--they all have a soulful effect on the quartet, and then on the men in their lives who make a surprise visit. Mike Newell (Into the West) directs with seeming effortlessness, and it is impossible not to be swayed by the promise of restoration for these burdened characters--or for anyone alive. Wonderful performances all around, including a particularly sensitive one by Alfred Molina and a very funny one by Jim Broadbent. --Tom Keogh
This lovely, 1991 adaptation of Elizabeth Von Arnim's novel has a superb cast and a tone so mellow you can feel your pulse get slower. Josie Lawrence and Miranda Richardson play a pair of unhappily married women who rent an Italian villa for a month, sharing the rent with a crusty Englishwoman (Joan Plowright) and a lonely aristocrat (Polly Walker). Sun, rest, sinking into the green grass for long naps--they all have a soulful effect on the quartet, and then on the men in their lives who make a surprise visit. Mike Newell (Into the West) directs with seeming effortlessness, and it is impossible not to be swayed by the promise of restoration for these burdened characters--or for anyone alive. Wonderful performances all around, including a particularly sensitive one by Alfred Molina and a very funny one by Jim Broadbent. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - Ensemble Cast Magic
Be transported, just like the characters, in this visually-rich gem of a film. An outstanding British ensemble cast weaves a tale of love lost and found in the magic of the sunlit Mediterranean. One of the sheer delights of the film are the live-action scenes which mimic famous paintings. It's part of what makes "Enchanted April" so enchanting.
Rating: - Enchanted April
A film of moving visual beauty sited on Italy's Porto Fino; the story of delicious transformation as love opens the characters' eyes and minds. Warm humor.
Rating: - One of the best movies ever
Excellent acting, superb cinematography, a location that makes you want to go there tomorrow, a sweet and thought-provoking story, humor and dry English jokes... what more could one want? This movie was perfectly casted and one of the best adaptations of a book to screen that I have ever seen... utterly faithful to the story and tone. (You can get the text of the book free from the Gutenberg Project online.) It's one of those stories where nothing happens, yet it leaves you changed. The crises are ... Read More
Rating: - wonderful - feel good movie
Finally this movie is available on US DVD.I lent my VHS copy to a "friend" 4 years ago and never got it back.This movie is funny, sweet, thoughtful and visually pretty.I love it!
Rating: - Enchanted
Wife loved this movie, been waiting for the dvd version. took a trip to Italy because of this movie.
- Ensemble Cast MagicBe transported, just like the characters, in this visually-rich gem of a film. An outstanding British ensemble cast weaves a tale of love lost and found in the magic of the sunlit Mediterranean. One of the sheer delights of the film are the live-action scenes which mimic famous paintings. It's part of what makes "Enchanted April" so enchanting.
- Enchanted AprilA film of moving visual beauty sited on Italy's Porto Fino; the story of delicious transformation as love opens the characters' eyes and minds. Warm humor.
- One of the best movies everExcellent acting, superb cinematography, a location that makes you want to go there tomorrow, a sweet and thought-provoking story, humor and dry English jokes... what more could one want? This movie was perfectly casted and one of the best adaptations of a book to screen that I have ever seen... utterly faithful to the story and tone. (You can get the text of the book free from the Gutenberg Project online.) It's one of those stories where nothing happens, yet it leaves you changed. The crises are ... Read More
- wonderful - feel good movieFinally this movie is available on US DVD.I lent my VHS copy to a "friend" 4 years ago and never got it back.This movie is funny, sweet, thoughtful and visually pretty.I love it!
- EnchantedWife loved this movie, been waiting for the dvd version. took a trip to Italy because of this movie.
