Under the Tuscan Sun Reviews

Even though time can be roughed on some actresses (indeed, 90% of them will eventually disappear by the time they have reached 40 years old), they are a few of them who seems to be even more beautiful as the years go by and Diane Lane is definitely one of those. Indeed, even though she seemed to have a bright future, after a few flops, her career went downhill but she still managed to make a come-back in the mid-2000’s with the steamy thriller ‘Unfaithful’. Following this come-back, she would come up with this flick a year later. To be honest, even though my wife really liked it a lot, I really had a hard time to care about the whole thing. Indeed, I thought it was just a rather weak and really generic romantic comedy filled with some annoying stereotypes about Italy. I don’t know, maybe it had to with the fact that I’m myself an immigrant, son of an immigrant, and I find it difficult to see a movie handling this subject so poorly just because it is supposed to be a whimsical romantic feature. At least, Diane Lane was really charming and, without her, it would have been a complete failure. To conclude, I didn’t like it very much and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except maybe if you like the genre.