Conference bookie::movies

935.0. "A Month by the Lake" by TROOA::BUTKOVICH (blink and I'm gone) Tue Sep 12 1995 15:09

     A Month by the Lake (***)I would have given this movie another star if   
    it ended with the same zest and appeal that it started with - I think   
    it's another example of poor editing.  Three of the actors introduced   
    the film - Vaness Redgrave had the lead role and was excellent, Uma   
    Thurman and Alessandro Gassman (looked *very* familar - I think he may   
    have been the lead in "Like Water for Chocolate").  I really want to go   
    on vacation to Lake Come, Italy which is where the story takes place.   
    It is set in the mountains and looks lush, etheral and beautiful. Miss   
    Bentley (Regrave) has been coming to this paradise with her father all   
    her life. Now he's gone and she's returned alone to take photographs   
    and bask in nostalgia. Soon after her arrival, she encounters Major   
    Wilshaw and falls madly in love.  Things seem to be going her way until   
    the arrival of Miss Beaumont (Thurman) who is to be nanny for a   
    visiting Italian family.  Her game is to flirt and play with the   
    Major's feelings. This of course, evokes great feelings of jealousy in
    Miss Bentley. In the meantime, a handsome young local (Gassman) falls   
    for Miss Bentley. The film started off as fun and frolicky was very   
    engaging for the most part. It reminded me a bit of the Merchant Ivory   
    productions, but showing more humour.