50
Paper-thin.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
100
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
Delightful...a subtle and moving drama.
40
A pretty dry cracker.
100
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
It casts a warm, relaxed spell that evokes feelings guaranteed to bolster sagging spirits.
80
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
Miss Walker, who also plays a terrorist femme fatale in "Patriot Games," makes a mesmerizing impression as she holds her own against Miss Plowright without seeming remotely ruffled.
80
Los Angeles Times by Michael Wilmington
How can one dislike this movie? It has wit, romance, gentle rebellion, idyllic landscapes and fine actors savoring luscious lines. Only the undercurrent may bother a few: the hints of feminist revolt, beneath the sparkly surface. Enchanted April--based on a 1923 novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim--is a pure wish-fulfillment story, but there's an acid edge to it.
100
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
The exquisitely wrought tale of four British women of different backgrounds who rent a villa in Portofino, Italy, is delivered with a witty feminist twist by director Mike Newell (Dance With a Stranger) and an outstanding cast.
90
The fable of four Englishwomen on a Portofino holiday gives moviegoers a vacation in rapture.