My House in Umbria
List Price: $9.98Amazon.com's Price: $8.99
You Save: $0.99 (10%)as of 03/19/2010 18:14 EDT Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: SMITH,MAGGIE
EAN: 9780783123899
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783123892
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Hbo Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageItalianOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
MPN: HBOD92032D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 25, 2003
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 2003
Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display
Editorial Review:Product Description:Survivors of a train wreck recooperate together, until the uncle of the youngest comes to take her home with him.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 8-FEB-2005
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: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 detonates, killing a handful of passengers. The strangers that survive recuperate at the villa of an eccentric but kindly romance novelist, also a survivor of the blast. She's played by Maggie Smith, who bustles through the role with a pleasing mix of gin and daffodils. Chris Cooper is an uptight American who comes to the villa to pick up his orphaned niece and bristles at the bohemian atmosphere. Director Richard Loncraine maintains the melancholy mood amidst the sun-dappled gardens of Umbria, but Smith really holds the film together with her authority and slightly tipsy humor.
--Robert Horton
Average Rating:
Rating:
-
A little mystery. A little action. Some magnificent scenery. But all things considered... the best thing about "My House in Umbria" is a lot of Maggie Smith. Oh yeah, an interesting story too.
The characters are all thrown together after a tradgic accident on a train or was it not an accident? The surviving travelers become the guests of Ms. Smith at her lavish home in Umbria. Giving more detail would only spoil viewing this film.
If you are a Maggie Smith fan, you'll love this movie. If you aren't particularly a fan, you may become one.
Don't look for gore, blood or wild races around the winding roads. Look for a glamorous Ms. Smith in a sensational home with cocktails at 9 A.M. (and throughout the day) and a slower, friendlier pace that will allow you to meld into the cast and be a part of the film.
Rating:
-
I bought this video for the scenery but was drawn into the storyline immediately. Maggie Smith play her part so well and the story takes turns that were not expected. It is a girlfriends get together and watch video the guys wont make it through the first 15 minutes. I will watch it again.
Rating:
-
Maggie Smith pulls this whole movie together. I have loved this movie for years and finally purchased it at Amazon. Maggie plays an older woman who lives in a beautiful old villa in Umbria, Italy. The story begins as she travels to Milan for her monthly shopping trip. She sits in a compartment with around 9 other people until a bomb explodes and kills everyone in the compartment except a little American girl, an old Englishman, a young German man, and her. While the police are investigating the bombing, the partially recovered travelers go to stay with Maggie's character, Mrs. De La Hanti. The little girl arrives mute, unable to speak because of the trauma of losing her parents in the attack. The German lost his girlfriend and the use of his right hand and the Englishman is grieving for his daughter who died. As the film progresses, you see that Giancarlo Gianini is the investigating policeman and Mrs. De La Hanti is an ex-patriot English romance writer who has been abused in her past. This group of strangers becomes a family of sorts in a matter of weeks and their secrets are uncovered as they begin to understand each other.
I love Maggie Smith's character: vulnerable, flamboyant, abused, and yet able to see the beauty in other people. She has an innocence and imagination that is almost child-like. She is the author of many romance novels and sees stories in the human interactions she observes, interpreting them with an amazing understanding of human nature. The photography is simply beautiful and Italy, of course, is magnificent.
Rating:
-
A truly wonderful movie about making the best of what Life deals you. The scenery is gorgeous and gives one an idea of what life in Italy is about-if you could afford living there.
Beautiful things come about for strangers-all on a different Path of Life-until they all meet. Don't miss this truly amazing story.
If you like this movie you will love "Enchanted April".
Rating:
-
I liked this film until the end when the main character becomes a little slutty. It ruined the film for me. I was hoping the main female character would be classy. I wish they would have edited the last part out. It made me dislike her. Before that I was enjoying the scenery and the beautiful feeling of the Italian villa and the friendship building in the film.
Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.
