La Dolce Villa

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La Dolce Villa

2025

1h 39m

Romance

Comedy

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Successful businessman Eric travels to Italy to stop his daydreaming daughter Olivia from restoring a crumbling villa. Italy, however, has different plans for him as it delivers on its legendary promise of beauty, magic, and romance.

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Alissa Wilkinson

New York Times

It’s a glossy fairy tale about Americans having lighthearted adventures in Europe, getting into scrapes and falling in love and charming the pants off all the locals.

Feb 13, 2025

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Marya E. Gates

RogerEbert.com

Ultimately, “La Dolce Villa” is about as authentic an Italian experience as a night at the Olive Garden.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 13, 2025

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Rachel Wagner

Hallmarkies Podcast

I really enjoyed the father/daughter dynamic and the romances were fun to watch.

Mar 28, 2025

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Kristen Maldonado

Pop Culture Planet

The European adventure has a sweet and charming Hallmark-style energy that you can’t help but fall in love with. By the end, you’ll be ready to book your own Italian vacation.

Feb 21, 2025

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Callie Hanna

FandomWire

Anyone expecting anything groundbreaking or subversive from La Dolce Villa should remind themselves that this is a straight-to-streaming romantic comedy wherein the biggest name in the cast is the guy from Scandal and Scream 3.

Rated: 6/10

Feb 21, 2025

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Jennifer Green

Common Sense Media

Despite following a now-established Netflix formula, this film still holds a few discreet attempts to diverge in the way it develops its characters and their relationships.

Feb 20, 2025

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Joshua B

Non ci sono parole per descriverlo: è semplicemente perfetto.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/10/25

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B F.

It’s a hallmark movie but on Netflix. Good for what you should expect

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/08/25

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Krista G

Imagine you write three different scripts all based on cliche Italy …. then you stick it in a blender, congratulations - viola you have this movie. They clearly had many ideas and decided to do every one of them. This movie did have one thing, a loft issue… a lack of story line.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/05/25

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Philip C

Of course the movie was predictable, but so what! It’s the journey that was very pleasant. Enjoy!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/22/25

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STEVEN E

We really enjoyed the movie. Scenery was beautiful. Actors were believable and fantastic. Great story & ending we hoped for

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/17/25

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andrea c

Altro film prodotto da Netflix che cavalca l'onda del forestiero che scopre la magia dell'Italia tra paesaggi e cucina. Nulla di originale se non la pochezza della sceneggiatura in cui ogni personaggio ha zero credibilità nella storia a cui si aggiunge una trama già di per sè molto banale. A condire il tutto ci sono dialoghi per lo più imbarazzanti e personaggi di contorno tra il bizzarro ed il cringe. Sicuramente il format con l'utilizzo di ampie inquadrature del paesaggio con tanta spinta sui colori, funziona come testimoniato dall'alto numero di film di questo tipo (proprio Netflix poco tempo prima ha prodotto "Toscana") ma la differenza tra commedia leggera e romantica e cinema spazzatura è talvolta sottile; qui il confine è superato senza indugio per un'ora e mezza di imbarazzo ed ovvietà.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/16/25

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Synopsis

Successful businessman Eric travels to Italy to stop his daydreaming daughter Olivia from restoring a crumbling villa. Italy, however, has different plans for him as it delivers on its legendary promise of beauty, magic, and romance.

Director: Mark Waters
Producer: Deborah Evans, Robyn Snyder
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Hackett, Hilary Galanoy
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: DAE Light Media, Front Row Films
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 13, 2025
Runtime: 1h 39m

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