Enchanted April
 | 1991Directed by Mike Newell Starring: Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina, Neville Phillips, Jim Broadbent Paramount, 1992, VHS Tape Customer Rating: 153 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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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
Title: Enchanted April (1991)
Sales Rank: 71 in VHS
Actor: Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina, Neville Phillips, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mike Newell
Studio: Paramount, 1994-04-13, Theatrical Release: 1992
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language)
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 93 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches, 0.3 pounds
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- Lowers blood pressure painlessly
- We continue to await the DVD (in America) release of this instantly relaxing film. It quickly becomes a "comfort movie" like "White Christmas" and "Meet Me in St. Louis." Tougher than usual day? Get thee to Italy for a month(really just a couple of hours) with these beautifully painted characters.
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