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Enchanted April [VHS] [1991]

VHS ~ Alfred Molina
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker, Josie Lawrence
  • Directors: Mike Newell
  • Writers: Elizabeth von Arnim, Peter Barnes
  • Producers: Ann Scott, Mark Shivas, Matthew Hamilton, Simon Relph
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
  • Language English, Italian
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 3 Feb 2003
  • Run Time: 89 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004D2W0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,163 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

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 cost 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 (Four Weddings and a Funeral) 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, Amazon.com


Synopsis

From director Mike Newell (FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE) comes this charming tale of four women who find Romance, hope and, ultimately, liberation during a month's holiday in an Italian villa overlooking the sea. Academy Award Nominations: three, including Best (Adapted) Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress--Joan Plowright.

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60 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Soldi, soldi .......!!, 14 May 2005
By A Customer
No praise can be too high for this wonderful production; you would have to be a dead stick yourself not to be carried along by it.

Location, not Tuscany but Liguria (Portofino); writing; musical score and impecable acting. Amanda Richardson and Joan Plowright are incapable of putting a foot wrong, but they are by no means left to carry the day alone, and it is impossible to list the various actors in order of merit. At first sight, Polly Walker might seem the weak link in the chain, but she is perfectly cast as the languid, and worldworn aristo, turning in a sterling performance.

The Italian cast are also worthy of mention, and we are left (as is proper) to get the drift of their Italian, or not, and there is plenty of it! The boiler scene is a classic (btw - pericoloso means dangerous).

Classic quote (Mrs. Fisher): "[in my day]..husbands were taken seriously, as the only real impediment to sin."

This film is a MUST HAVE, but don't buy it on video - wait until it is available on DVD. My ropey copy was taped from the TV and requires replacing. It is a disgrace that this, and many another fine production, has not yet been issued on DVD. We all have VCR's, but who wants to buy videos any more?? The BBC seem particularly guilty in this respect.

Amazon please note: can't you log customer DVD searches and exert pressure so that they are released in the UK? The American market is much better served in this respect.

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Gentle Masterpiece, 3 Sep 2006
Ignore the Time Out and Film Buff reviews, which consign this film to the dustbin of the bland. In fact this film is a consumate allegory on Spiritual Enlightenment.

Appearing almost innocent of its own intentions, the film follows the naive ambitions of a misunderstood and unhappily married young woman to take a villa in Italy with "like minded" companions. This is a singles holiday wound back one hundred years.

But what unfolds is a subtle and exquisitely elegant story of diversely thinking people resolved to their mutual antipathies and psychological flaws.

A simple tale which is all the more intelligent for its restrained and understated poise.

This film is (will be) one of the jewels of 20th Century Cinema. The direction is taut yet breathes, the location is stunning. The script is clever, the cast outstanding.

This is a must have film, and is a welcome antidote to so many other films which gain their kudos through sensation, violence, and essentially empty attempts to impress.

Enchanted April should be compulsory viewing for all those seeking "conflict resolution". It is a better healer than a thousand therapy sessions.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Enchantment indeed, 29 Jan 2006
By A Customer
Having loved this film when it was first shown on TV, I have owned the video since the day it was issued and continue to watch it over and over again. It brings continuing delight on every viewing - it lifts low spirits, gives hope on a dreary English winter day and binds a group of my own friends together. If one of us needs cheering up then the phrase "Think of San Salvatore" does the trick! So why oh why is it STILL not available on DVD???
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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Enchanting
The scenery in this film was spectacular and truly reminiscent of the Italy I dream of. The story was "enchanting" and the acting superb.

More of this ilk, please!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I had hoped.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Our annual spring treat
Every April, for the past 11 years, my husband and I have dusted off our taped copy of Enchanted April and spent a couple of hours revelling in the sublime acting, scenery and... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. S. Marr

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Movie - Must watch!
This is one of my favorite movies.
Great story, superb cast, and exquisite scenery.
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5.0 out of 5 stars At last!
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