
This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners, both male and female, and has its own civilizing influence on the viewer. It's almost like taking a little mini-trip to Italy, a gorgeously filmed enchantment.... (Full plot summary below)
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This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners, both male and female, and has its own civilizing influence on the viewer. It's almost like taking a little mini-trip to Italy, a gorgeously filmed enchantment.
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| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullOne can't help but start planning a vacation immediately after the film ends |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinThe ladies are well bred, the scenery is lovely and the dialogue is polished and polite. It helps that the same villa in Portofino where Miss von Armin wrote the novel has been used to fine effect as the film's principal setting. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThematically, Mike Newell's film is similar to A Room With a View, focusing on the liberating impact of an Italian vacation on repressed, downtrodden Brit femmes, well acted by Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson and Polly Walker. |
| Hartford CourantOwen McNallyWhat makes the magic work for the viewer is the exceptional individual performances as well as the fine ensemble efforts that director Mike Newell has orchestrated so beautifully. |
| TIME MagazineRichard CorlissIn a raucous movie summer, this is a film for those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine, and a recollection of a time when women and movies could be purveyors of enchantment. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonIt would seem from a spate of films lately that the English can only find their warmer, truer selves abroad -- usually in Italy. Enchanted April takes this familiar path, but traipses along with charm and glory, as if for the very first time. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonIs it fair to ask why usually sophisticated Americans turn to mush over this particular variety of moribund ersatz art? |
| VarietyVariety StaffStrong cast's reliable playing is undercut by a script that dawdles over well-trod territory. |
| User ReviewAnniina JThis movie is enchanting, as its title suggests -- lyrical, insightful, fabulously written, directed and acted. The rarest of gems, this film. |
| User ReviewAvery LA flowy film about self introspection and love...I loved it |