Up At The Villa

Starring: Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, Jeremy Davies, et al.

In Florence in 1938, an Anglo-American expatriate community is in denial of the upcoming WWII. An English beauty has a marriage proposal from an older, distinguished man and is also has the attentions of three other men. Sex, violence, tragedy and love ensue.

• Format: DVD
• UPC: 696306010128
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Polygram/Usa Home Entertaiment
• Director: Philip Haas
• Starring: Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, Jeremy Davies, Derek Jacobi, James Fox, Kristin Scott Thomas, Massimo Ghini
• Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: closed-captioned
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

It does not have the character sketches of the book.

Yes, I know you know it is not the book. But I have to say so. So here it is: "It is not the book." Now that being said, some movies capture the essence of a book. This is not one of them. Some movies have characters that look or at least act like the book. This is not one of those movies. Some movies stick to the storyline and do not ad-lib for dramatic effect. Again, this is not one of those movies. So now we know what it is not. What is it? This movie is stilted and more like an adaptation from a play. Forgetting about the book stuff, the characters work O.K. Except for Sean Penn, who looks more like a bum with a bad rug on his head. He distracts from the character that he is supposed to be playing. Some movies are paced slowly to give you time to absorb the flavor of the location and people. This movie is just paced slowly. I will not tell you about the disappointing conclusion other than to say ... You guessed it. It is not like the book.