Enchanted April -1991-

A Month by the Lake When a handsome stranger meets up with two flirtatious women just imagine what can happen. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 01/04/2005 Starring: Uma Thurman Edward Fox Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Pg	The Enchanted April (New York Review Books Classics) A recipe for happiness: four women, one medieval Italian castle, plenty of wisteria, and solitude as needed.The women at the center of The Enchanted April are alike only in their dissatisfaction with their everyday lives. They find each other—and the castle of their dreams&...	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont The talented indie director Dan Ireland (The Whole Wide World,	My House in Umbria Falling neatly into the Enchanted April and Under the Tuscan Sun category, the made-for-HBO My House in Umbria boasts lovely Italian vistas and comforting Englishness. But it begins with a note of violence: on a train rolling through the sunny countryside, a terrorist bomb deton...	Ladies in Lavender A couple of old Dames make the slender story of Ladies in Lavender surprisingly moving. Janet and Ursula (Maggie Smith and Judi Dench), a pair of elderly sisters living on the Cornish coast, discover a young Polish man named Andrea (Daniel Bruhl, Goodbye Lenin!) washed ashore and...
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A Plane Ride to Italy...
That is how I feel each time that I watch this movie. I want to catch the nearest plane bound for Italy. "Enchanted April" is one of my all time favorites. What I appreciate about it, aside from scenery and dialogue, is that four complete strangers are able to come together and live in a castle in Italy for a month, and the rest of their lives are completely changed forever. Each character had a challenge in their life that needed to be overcome, and they were able to improve things, in realistic ways, after spending a month in a castle overlooking the Italian Riviera.

Beautiful!
A beautiful film about the power of love to transform people. This is one of the best movies ever made and I cannot for the life of me understand why it is not available on DVD in the U.S.

Thanks for the tip!
Enchanted April [Region 2] Thanks to the blog, I purchased my DVD from Joesclassicmovies.com. Otherwise I would still be waiting to Paramount or whomever to release it! My DVD works just fine and it was lovely to see the film again after it's initial release. Thank you all!

IT'S A FILM I CAN WATCH OVER AND OVER
I wasn't sure if I should give this film five stars in terms of how it stands against, say, CITIZEN KANE or LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, but after reading many of the other reviews here, I think I should. I can watch my (VHS) video of it over and over - the reasons why have mostly been said by others. I just wanted to add that, if you have an all-region DVD player and can't wait until it's FINALLY released here, there is a Hong Kong release available at Asian DVD sites, like yesasia. Perhaps Amazon could get this one, review its quality, and offer it themselves?

Good News, DVD To Be Released Soon!
Many thanks to another review that provided a contact name and email address. I sent an email to Stuart Snaith many weeks ago, and just received a reply today (18 July 2008) from Liz Hammond. Liz said the problems over film rights have been resolved and the Enchanted April DVD is due to be released as soon as December 2008 or possibly as late as Spring 2009. I trust our long wait is coming to a close.