Up at the Villa

2000
PG-13
1h 55m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

2.9K

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Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn in Up at the Villa (2000)

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Drama Romance

A widow finds choosing a new husband might not be her choice at all, as the actions of her various prospects confine her freedom.A widow finds choosing a new husband might not be her choice at all, as the actions of her various prospects confine her freedom.A widow finds choosing a new husband might not be her choice at all, as the actions of her various prospects confine her freedom.

Director
- Philip Haas
Writers
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Belinda Haas
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Philip Haas
Writers
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Belinda Haas
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The novella was first optioned back in 1940. It took sixty years to reach the screen.

Goofs
When Anne Bancroft's character is reclining in the chaise lounge, the level of her drink goes from nearly full to nearly empty and back to nearly full in different shots while she is drinking it.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Gladiator/Up at the Villa/Committed/I Dreamed of Africa/The Virgin Suicides (2000)

Soundtracks
Schatz-Walzer
Composzed by Johann Strauss

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Featured review

6/10

Nicely done effort

If you like stories about the British upper class and their foibles abroad, you'll enjoy"Up At the Villa." (What a rotten title!) Edward Fox is the perfect gentleman (isn't he always?) Sean Penn is the perfect cad. (Isn't he always?) And Anne Bancroft notches up yet another role as the faded bitch. (Doesn't she do anything else these days?) It's a pretty straight and predictable love story/murder who done it, except we know all along that the victim "done it" to himself. It's in something the same genre as "Tea With Mussolini" with lovely shots of Florence and a faithful recreation of fascist Italy.