Enchanted April 1991

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The ladies are well bred, the scenery is lovely and the dialogue is polished and polite. It helps that the same villa in Portofino where Miss von Armin wrote the novel has been used to fine effect as the film's principal setting. Read more

Entertainment Weekly: That's what's appealing about the movie (everyone walks away happy) and also forgettable (everyone walks away mush). Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Personalities clash but are cheerfully reconciled, and marital tensions are swiftly resolved. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: In a raucous movie summer, this is a film for those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine, and a recollection of a time when women and movies could be purveyors of enchantment. Read more

Time Out: Personalities clash but are cheerfully reconciled, and marital tensions are swiftly resolved. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Strong cast's reliable playing is undercut by a script that dawdles over well-trod territory. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: Is it fair to ask why usually sophisticated Americans turn to mush over this particular variety of moribund ersatz art? Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: It would seem from a spate of films lately that the English can only find their warmer, truer selves abroad -- usually in Italy. Enchanted April takes this familiar path, but traipses along with charm and glory, as if for the very first time. Read more