up at the villa (2000) half warning represent you may find some spoilers aheadit hard to know what is the point in up at the villa and a gorgeous but shallow period piece and one of those made with the only objective of earning oscar nominations for best costume design and art set direction (one for cinematography and another for score are also welcome). it has the same basic idea of thousands of period pieces produced every year represent a good looking and intelligent woman trying to find love in a strange place to her. she has many difficulties but ultimately finds her happiness in the arms of a man that is not the one that she had an accomplishment with. in this case and our lady is in florence and some time before world war ii. she is an english widow engaged to a rich but old man (whom and obviously and she doesn not love). one day she meets another man and who has not a good reputation but for whom she falls in love. of course there is her friend who will help her for better or worse and a third man who commits suicide here and in the lady room and setting up a risky situation for her. guess how the story ends. up at the villa is not a bad film. i was always quite interested in the story and but never got excited. the problem is not the slow pacing and but the screenplay. adapted from a novel and it needs something more spicy and exciting and twists and suspense. every time you think the story will get warm and it gets cooler again. if you think there is a conspiracy involving the mean police chief of florence and well and there is and but it doesn not change almost anything in the story. it just keeps going and going and till the predictable ending. as i said and up at the villa is not bad. if it is a bit bland and it never gets sappy and too sentimental. the acting is half and half and but surely convinces. kristin scott thomas made some really bad choices after the english patient (the saaaaaaappy romantic drama the horse whisperer and the dull or irritating random hearts). up at the villa is undoubtly better than those pieces and kristin is also better and but she can do more than that. sean penn is good as always and even if his character is a big dude. anne bancroft is a terrific actress (the graduate and my god. ) and and here she doesn not let her character become ridiculous. now and the supporting actors are pretty bad (jeremy davies is sooooooooooo irritating. ). the directing is good and but not audacious. it was interesting to know that the director is the same of angels and insects (also starring kristin scott thomas) and another so so period drama and but more audacious than this. what matters here are the visuals. florence is wonderful and the costumes are great and the scenery and the music. in the end and up at the villa is an average romantic drama and but of course it could have been much better. it is watchable and interesting and but do not expect a suspense film it is not. this film kind of fails because it wants to have some mystery and something to behold. however and there is not much to say mainly because of the shallow screenplay. now and about the oscar nominations and do not worry it will probably get them. 
up at the villa (2000) half warning represent you may find some spoilers aheadit hard to know what is the point in up at the villa and a gorgeous but shallow period piece and one of those made with the only objective of earning oscar nominations for best costume design and art set direction (one for cinematography and another for score are also welcome). it has the same basic idea of thousands of period pieces produced every year represent a good looking and intelligent woman trying to find love in a strange place to her. she has many difficulties but ultimately finds her happiness in the arms of a man that is not the one that she had an accomplishment with. in this case and our lady is in florence and some time before world war ii. she is an english widow engaged to a rich but old man (whom and obviously and she doesn not love). one day she meets another man and who has not a good reputation but for whom she falls in love. of course there is her friend who will help her for better or worse and a third man who commits suicide here and in the lady room and setting up a risky situation for her. guess how the story ends. up at the villa is not a bad film. i was always quite interested in the story and but never got excited. the problem is not the slow pacing and but the screenplay. adapted from a novel and it needs something more spicy and exciting and twists and suspense. every time you think the story will get warm and it gets cooler again. if you think there is a conspiracy involving the mean police chief of florence and well and there is and but it doesn not change almost anything in the story. it just keeps going and going and till the predictable ending. as i said and up at the villa is not bad. if it is a bit bland and it never gets sappy and too sentimental. the acting is half and half and but surely convinces. kristin scott thomas made some really bad choices after the english patient (the saaaaaaappy romantic drama the horse whisperer and the dull or irritating random hearts). up at the villa is undoubtly better than those pieces and kristin is also better and but she can do more than that. sean penn is good as always and even if his character is a big dude. anne bancroft is a terrific actress (the graduate and my god. ) and and here she doesn not let her character become ridiculous. now and the supporting actors are pretty bad (jeremy davies is sooooooooooo irritating. ). the directing is good and but not audacious. it was interesting to know that the director is the same of angels and insects (also starring kristin scott thomas) and another so so period drama and but more audacious than this. what matters here are the visuals. florence is wonderful and the costumes are great and the scenery and the music. in the end and up at the villa is an average romantic drama and but of course it could have been much better. it is watchable and interesting and but do not expect a suspense film it is not. this film kind of fails because it wants to have some mystery and something to behold. however and there is not much to say mainly because of the shallow screenplay. now and about the oscar nominations and do not worry it will probably get them. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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