Enchanted April
It's April in Italy, and anything can happen... even love.
It's April in Italy, and anything can happen... even love.
Drama, Romance
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1991
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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.
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Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
27 Nov 1991
Country:
GB
Languages:
English, Italian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$13,200,170
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 9 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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,
27 May 2011
rotten:
Strong cast's reliable playing is undercut by a script that dawdles over well-trod territory.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
6 Jul 2010
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,
20 May 2003
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,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Personalities clash but are cheerfully reconciled, and marital tensions are swiftly resolved.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000