Fresh
In 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.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Enchanted April
It's April in Italy, and anything can happen... even love.
1991 · 1h 35m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Mike Newell
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Enchanted April
Overview
When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.
Director and cast
- Mike Newell Director
- Josie Lawrence as Lottie Wilkins
- Miranda Richardson as Rose Arbuthnot
- Joan Plowright as Mrs. Fisher
- Polly Walker as Caroline Dester
- Alfred Molina as Mellersh Wilkins
- Michael Kitchen as George Briggs
- Jim Broadbent as Frederick Arbuthnot
- Neville Phillips as Vicar
- Stephen Beckett as Jonathan
- Matthew Radford Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Strong cast's reliable playing is undercut by a script that dawdles over well-trod territory.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The 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.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Is it fair to ask why usually sophisticated Americans turn to mush over this particular variety of moribund ersatz art?
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Fresh
Personalities clash but are cheerfully reconciled, and marital tensions are swiftly resolved.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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