A warm and luminous film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 31, 2023

See it only for the spectacular scenery provided by the gorgeous geography of provincial Italy, and the ever-radiant beauty of Diane Lane.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 31, 2020

Despite its scripted flaws, Under the Tuscan Sun is the fairy tale that speaks to the hopeful romantic in us all.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 3, 2019

Unfortunately, Wells gives us Fellini as seen through the eyes of a Mills and Boon novel... Only artifice and cliché.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 17, 2019

Tuscany is so beautiful. This is the kind of movie that makes you want to shout at the actors, "Get out of the way, I can't see the scenery."

| Original Score: B | Jan 4, 2018

"Under the Tuscan Sun" is an amiable film that, in the tradition of escapist fiction, provides a nice, scenic getaway with just enough drama to keep the story from getting stagnant.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 7, 2012

Offers Americans the ultimate fantasy vacation. It's a beautiful, sunny, fresh air trip to Europe without the jet lag, language problems, money problems, or any other trivialities.

| Jul 6, 2012

Not much for teens in this book adaptation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2010

a romantic abomination wherein the main character's best friend is a pregnant Asian lesbian who comes to Italy to visit and ends up ruining the story's only semi-romantic aspect, and extends its painful length for an extra half-hour in the process.

| Original Score: D- | Jun 13, 2009

An enjoyable, entertaining odyssey with beautiful landscapes, a fun mood, and a charming performance from the always sexy Diane Lane.

| Apr 29, 2009

Fans of Diane Lane ... should be happy with what amounts to a glowing vehicle for her.

| Original Score: B | Jul 25, 2007

...watchable yet ceaselessly erratic...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 19, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2006

And while the movie gets a bit too cute and cloying at times, especially when it dips into tired sentimentality, Lane carries it all marvelously, lighting up the screen with one of the year's best performances.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 15, 2005

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 4/10 | Oct 7, 2004

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 14, 2004

Diane Lane is charming in this witty but difficult adventure.

Full Review | Original Score: 65/100 | Jul 20, 2004

En la vida real la gente no suele ser tan impulsiva. Por eso pelculas como sta son disfrutables: nos ofrecen la fantasa de lo que sera nuestra vida si nos animramos.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 6, 2004

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2004