This film is a masterpiece-I'm not at all surprised it's won so many awards. The story is utterly absorbing and very subtly put together. The dialogue is so realistically disjointed that combined with the camerawork I sometimes felt like I was watching someone else's holiday video. The acting is fantastic-you can't take your eyes off Kathryn Worth (Anna) and Tom Hiddleston (Oakley), and they're supported by a faultless, familiar-feeling cast. I really began to feel everything that Anna was experiencing.

'Beautifully shot' can often a cop-out way of saying a film doesn't have much else to recommend it, but that's definitely not the case here. The Tuscan scenery is reminiscent of Bertolucci, and the contemplative atmosphere and lingering close-ups have a very Rohmerish feel. A friend who saw it said it didn't feel like a British film, and I think that's partly why, in that it's a very 'British' story in many ways, but it looks and feels like something European because of the… more »

This film is a masterpiece-I'm not at all surprised it's won so many awards. The story is utterly absorbing and very subtly put together. The dialogue is so realistically disjointed that combined with the camerawork I sometimes felt like I was watching someone else's holiday video. The acting is fantastic-you can't take your eyes off Kathryn Worth (Anna) and Tom Hiddleston (Oakley), and they're supported by a faultless, familiar-feeling cast. I really began to feel everything that Anna was experiencing.

'Beautifully shot' can often a cop-out way of saying a film doesn't have much else to recommend it, but that's definitely not the case here. The Tuscan scenery is reminiscent of Bertolucci, and the contemplative atmosphere and lingering close-ups have a very Rohmerish feel. A friend who saw it said it didn't feel like a British film, and I think that's partly why, in that it's a very 'British' story in many ways, but it looks and feels like something European because of the cinematography and the pared-down script. I don't think I've seen a British film anything like it-amazing!