Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5024165293881
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalogItalianOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Date: February 03, 2003
Running Time: 89 minutes
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: March 25, 1993

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
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 cost 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 (Four Weddings and a Funeral) 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, Amazon.com




Rating: - A Gentle Escape
Not particularly for Lethal Weapon fans but a lovely gentle unfolding of a gentle story. It begins in a damp depressing London and end up in beautiful Italy. People, as well as the scenery are transformed and the memorable performances of Polly Walker and Miranda Richardson make for a memorable cinamatic experience. Buy the movie, you'll want to watch it more than once (or twice!).

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Rating: - Wonderful film
Superb array of acting talent, great location work and sticks to the book. I don't think the dvd has been cut, video & dvd have the same run time and it was only shown once on tv (to my recollection)so I can't compare timings.

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Rating: - A lovely gentle film
This is one of my favourite films. A gentle uplifting story acted by some of the best British actors of the past 20 years.

I have given the DVD 4 stars intead of 5 because Miramax in their (lack of) wisdom have cut 10 minutes out of the original. I assume this is to fit the print onto a 90 minute disk. Shame on them. We lose some dialogue, which reduces the emotional depth of the Polly Walker character, and the peaceful, leisurely pace of the film is marred.

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Rating: - Great, great movie
If for no other reason than Miranda Richardon and Alfred Molina are in this, not to mention a stellar cast of first-rate actors, you should see this movie. WHY, oh WHY is this not more popular? This is along the lines of one of Ivory-Merchant's better efforts, even though they did not do this film.

But the most beautiful and appealing aspect of this movie is that it starts out with emotional crises on the part of several women and then does nothing but resolve itself slowly.

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Rating: - Therapy in a box.
From grey rainy England, a mad impulse sends four very different women to the sparkling light and sensual flower filled bliss of the sunny Italian coast, where magic begins to work on their souls. Watching this, it will seep into yours as well. You will long for such an experience. This production is therapy for dark nights and a lack of joy, and love.

It contains, for me, one of the most beautiful visual moments I have ever seen on television. The rainstorm has passed, it is morning, and ... Read More

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