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His Head in the Clouds?
Just viewed this movie for the third or fourth time since seeing it at the show ten years ago, and still find it an amazing film, for light entertainment-slash-sentimental love story. (Note to all would-be movie reviewers: Learn how to review a movie for what it is, on its own terms, and not for what it is not.) Its a period piece, with stunningly gorgeous cinematography and locales, and a pretty good turn at story-telling, craftsmanship and acting - yes - even on Keanu Reeves' part. (There seems to be a trend amongst male movie reviewers in Hollywood, to give `de facto bad reviews' to such actors as Brad Pitt and Keanu Reeves, 'just because'.) Anyway, I don't really know what movie the Amazon reviewer saw, because, frankly, he was blatantly wrong on all the salient points about this film.

First off, its a good movie, for its genre and the story it tells. Excellent writing with no example or hint of the writer forcing plot ideas just because he or she can, or to take advantage of the story for maudlin emotion-making. Next, Keanu Reeves is completely plausible, and likable in his role as a war Veteran who saw, and endured many terrible things during his time of service, attempted to forget it all, then tried to come back to a normal life with a wife he married on a spur of the moment, as many soldiers do, hoping to make it work. (There was even a pivotal scene between Keanu and Giancarlo Gianni, where he explains why and how he had to `close himself off' emotionally, to do what he had to do to survive the horrors of war, hence, his stoicism, which the Amazon reviewer somewhat shallowly dismisses as `wooden'.) He shows real emotion when he needs to - and where it is required - mainly, in his scenes with Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, for whom he has real affection, and not Debra Messing, his `impulse' bride. Which would explain (to those who were paying attention) why he really didn't care that she was `cheating on him' with Armistead. Or, for that matter, the vineyard fire at the end, which, to him, must have been much like the scorched battlefields he experienced during the war. (What type of war hero runs and screams with everyone else when such an event occurs?) What the Amazon reviewer calls `wooden', others would label `grace under fire' (no pun intended), or just keeping a level head.

Guess what, reviewer: The farmhands were not chasing insects with their `gossamer wings', but actually try to divert heat onto the vines during a night of killing frost. To this viewer, Keanu Reeves didn't seem `terribly self-conscious', but more like a man who was genuinely and hopelessly in love with someone he barely knew, and trying desperately to impress that upon both her, and her unrelenting suspicious and un-welcoming father.

In his defense, the Amazon reviewer was actually talking about the `VHS Tape edition', so, its possible he may have seen a completely different movie all together, one other than what most of the viewers here saw. But this reviewer, for one, loved this movie, the ensemble of actors, the locales, the soundtrack, and the quiet, easy way it creeps into the sentimental heart of most people who see it - even us guys. Except, of course, for those who had their heads in the clouds, while it was playing.

Give It a Chance
I'm not a Keanu Fan and did not want to see this movie, but my girlfriend finally won out. I watched this movie and was pleasantly surprised. Think "Fools Rush In" but on a more serious note. The movie takes place on a winery (which is probably why I liked it) with knowledge grandparents and a likable character played by Keanu this movie may be better then you expect it to be. It at least deserves a chance.

LOVED THIS LOVE STORY!!!
I too feel this is a very sweet story about a young soldier who upon his return home from the war, runs into a young lady in trouble and takes time out of his life and his need to pursue his own new job to help her. This is the kind of refreshing morality and chivalry that was not so terribly uncommon back in the '40s if you can believe other films that were produced during that era. This young man falls in love with this woman who has been abandoned and who is afraid to go home and face a very strict, unforgiving father. He wants to help her so they decide she will introduce him as her husband to her family, he will then spend one night with her and then he will "abandon" her. But of course circumstances occur that cause the stay to go on for a longer period of time and then they are lost in each other. He however is in a loveless marriage that was jumped into during the war and must be resolved in someway in order to proceed either with the marriage or with the new relationship. His wife is not really interested in him so he is not sure if she will want to try to make a marriage with him or not.

There is nothing earth shaking about this film --- it is just very pleasant to view. It is a very moral and unselfish love story and I agree with one of the other reviewers that it would be a great movie to watch with a boyfriend and/or girlfriend. You can't go wrong with this one. Try it.

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