Drama
Romance
Directed by Mike Newell
1991
PG
1 h 29 min
Four English women, unhappy with their lives, rent an Italian villa on holiday.
Miranda Richardson
Rose Arbuthnot
Josie Lawrence
Lottie Wilkins
Polly Walker
Caroline Dester
Joan Plowright
Mrs Fisher
Alfred Molina
Mellersh Wilkins
Michael Kitchen
George Briggs
Mike Newell
Director
Susie Figgis
Casting Consultant
Peter Barnes
Writer
Mark Shivas
Executive Producer
Sheena Napier
Costume Design
Simon Relph
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Peter McGinn
I have always been a sucker for a good chick flick. A wonderful cast bring to life a novel about four women who rent an Italian castle to escape their dreary lives. I won’t list all seven names of the performers who make this so great. Even a couple of characters I wanted to dislike were given enough depth so that I cared about everyone in the end. It moves from one to another or to a group interacting with each other. I have read the old book this is based on and like a couple changes they made to it. I just realized as I looked this up that it was a remake of a 1935 early talkie version. It is a quiet and unassuming movie, so much so that I was a little surprised it was nominated for a few Oscars, and won some Golden a Globe awards. It took me years to track down a DVD copy of this and retire the old grainy VHS version I had.