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  • 1992
  • PG
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 1992
  • PG
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners both male and female and has its own civilizing influence on the viewer. It's almost like taking a little mini-trip to Italy, a gorgeously filmed enchantment.

Directed By: Mike Newell

Written By: Elizabeth von Arnim, Peter Barnes

  • 1992
  • PG
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 1992
  • PG
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 35 m

Enchanted April

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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Summary This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners both male and female and has its own civilizing influence on the viewer. It's almost like taking a little mini-trip to Italy, a gorgeously filmed enchantment.

Directed By: Mike Newell

Written By: Elizabeth von Arnim, Peter Barnes

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Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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79% Positive
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21% Mixed
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100
Enchanted April, from von Arnim's novel, may be the most charming film I've seen all year. Not only is it charming, but also witty, literate and bitingly funny. Then, without losing those qualities, it becomes a warm and wonderful love story, about dreams coming true, and finding what was thought lost, both in oneself and in someone else. [28 Aug 1992]
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100
The exquisitely wrought tale of four British women of different backgrounds who rent a villa in Portofino, Italy, is delivered with a witty feminist twist by director Mike Newell (Dance With a Stranger) and an outstanding cast.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
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Buoyed by Rex Maidment's fine, lush photography - it was shot around Portofino - and uniformly superb performances, Enchanted April is a wonderfully lovely, sweet, bright (and sometimes funnny) BBC film that is uplifting without being sappy. [7 Aug 1992, p.L]
By Clifford Terry FULL REVIEW
75
Thanks to a superb cast it's great fun indeed. [7 Aug 1992]
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
75
Miss Plowright's performance is an absolute marvel. Her transition from the acid-tongued widow to a wisely compassionate woman warms the heart. [20 July 1992]
By Bob Thomas FULL REVIEW
60
A slim comedy of manners about Brits discovering their emotions in sunny Italy, Enchanted April doesn't spring many surprises. Strong cast's reliable playing is undercut by a script that dawdles over well-trod territory
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40
A pretty dry cracker.
By Hal Hinson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company BBC Film, Miramax, Greenpoint Films
Release Date Jul 31, 1992
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating PG
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Tagline It's April in Italy, and anything can happen...even love.
Website http://www.facebook.com/EnchantedAprilMovie
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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