I decided to take a little break today from the grim news outside, by posting reviews of a couple of movies that are just on my lists as enjoyable entertainment. One is an oldie, the other a more recent release.
We saw Under the Tuscan Sun, a truly charming and heartwarming film, at a theater when it first came out in 2003. It's a romantic and lovely film about a divorced American writer, who takes a trip as a tourist to Italy, and then buys a dilapidated Tuscan villa on impulse.
In the course of the movie, she manages to rebuild her shattered life and her crumbling old house with the help of a new community of friends and family, while cooking some great meals, traveling through beautiful scenery, and having a brief love affair with a handsome Italian.
It's based on a true story and book, but it was fictionalized somewhat for the film. Recommended.
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