Although not a big Diane Lane fan I was persuaded to rent “Under the Tuscan Sun” a few days ago.  I must admit that although the person that recommended it to me has rarely steered me wrong I was a little less than thrilled with this suggestion.  Not that I think she can’t act and since I was recently pleasantly surprised with “Untraceable” I decided not to bemoan their selection to much and just watch the dang movie.

Let me set the premise for you.  A lady finds out that her husband has cheated and basically looses almost everything.  Because they are worried about her some friend send her on a “Gay” tour of Tuscany to help her get over this point in her life and while there she impulsively buys a Tuscan Villa and decides to move.  Sound pretty far fetched if I had asked me.  However, it isn’t.  Yes, most people wouldn’t do what she does or for that matter have the money to do what she does but this story is artfully written so that you understand not only why she does it but why it turns out to be the best decision she could ever have made.

Plus they keep you guessing as to if this is a romantic movie or an uplifting one and I would hazard to say that even in the end your still not sure if it can be categorized as one or the other or both.  Over all the story will touch you and you will find yourself feeling her struggles (especially if you have ever been hurt before) and joy.  I mean after all who hasn’t done something foolish and it accidentally worked out? 

Extras where a little less enjoyable for me.  There was a commentary from the director but it really started to put me to sleep.  One person doing a commentary just isn’t the same as a group.  To me it comes out as a little more like narration but that is strictly my opinion.

In short if you like movies that can make you think and open your eyes to some things in your life you might want to change this might be the movie for you.  And if not you still might enjoy the sunsets and atmosphere of the movie.

Like most of us I spend way too much time on the internet.  Between internet communities, gambling and games, and videos you could conceivable spend an entire day on the computer.  But I would like to think that if most of us got an invitation to a website called “killwithme.com” we would stay away.  Yet in this movie that is not even close to what happened.  Not only do people not say away but they flock like birds to prey and that sets the base of “Untraceable”. 

I did go into this movie not really knowing what to expect and was very happy with the end result.  This was a great movie.  It was full of action and interest and I was soooooo happy that they didn’t put in a romance just for the sake of nothing.  Diane Lane and company give great performances and I really loved the fact that the last line of the movie wasn’t even a spoken line but a comment on our society.  Although some of the killing scenes were a little graphic for my taste but overall it was thoroughly enjoyable.

The extras were interesting as well.  They shared how they developed each character and the back story of the movie.  There were some cast interviews and interesting tidbits for everyone.

I would recommend this movie to most anyone as a great movie to watch but I think the graphic nature of the killing scenes would cut into my recommending it to buy.  I just don’t know if you would be able to watch it over and over again without it getting to be too much.  Plus if you have kids in the house then you really might not want this hanging somewhere they could track it down easily.