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Prudence (Suzanne Pleshette), a feisty but romantic-minded young librarian at an all-female school in New England, resigns from her job after getting disciplined for recommending a banned book to one of her students. Impulsively deciding to summer in Rome, she's romanced by the smooth Roberto (Rossano Brazzi) and becomes friends with American architect Don (Troy Donahue), who is trying to extricate himself from a failed relationship with the emotionally needy Lyda (Angie Dickinson).
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Janet Graves Photoplay Maybe we needn't save our money to visit Italy -- the real thing couldn't possibly look as lovely as this travelogue-with-trimmings. Dec 15, 2020 Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Photogenic Italy gets another travelogue treatment. The scenic glories surpass the shallow story and the corny dialogue given to Troy Donahue and Suzanne Plestette. Nov 5, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Sluggish romantic melodrama. Rated: C Apr 15, 2015 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Set in picaresque Rome, this prepsoterously plotted romantic melodrama features heartthrob Troy Donahue (Summer Place, Parrish) at the height of his stardom with teenage viewers. Rated: C+ Jan 17, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Watched this film on TV long time ago, Prudence's mother met her old friend whose son also on same ship which head for Italy. However, the story was for Prudence CP with Troy Donahue, not the friend's son Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The good: the extraordinary footage of Italy, Rome, Lake Maggiore, and the Italian Alps in particular. If you're not up for an early 1960's romantic comedy, watch portions of it just as a travelogue. You may smile at the complete absence of crowds in most scenes, but that's ok. Another nice point is the soundtrack, which has some sweet, romantic songs. Both of these create a mood conducive to love, and are the main reasons to watch the film. As an added bonus, you get Suzanne Pleshette in just her second movie, as well as Angie Dickinson, and both turn in reasonably good performances; Pleshette the strong young woman finding herself falling in love, and Dickinson displaying some pretty fierce cattiness. The bad: the script. Aside from the usual romcom formula which I personally can look past, there is so much sappiness in some scenes, such as the one where the young lovers comment on raindrops rolling down a window, that I thought it was about at the middle-school level of writing (and that may be insulting to middle-schoolers). In addition to that, Troy Donahue is so wooden he's almost robotic. I know he was (and perhaps still is) a heartthrob to women, but my god, he's so bad you may laugh out loud. The ugly: the sexism. There are two sides to this type of thing in an old movie: on one hand, it does reflect the time period, so even as we shake our heads over some things, it is educational. On the other hand, you may cringe as Pleshette's friend in the bookstore says she stayed in Italy because, as she puts it, "The first time a good-looking Italian man pinched my bottom, I said, 'This is for me!'" You may also of course laugh over such a line, and then cringe. Near the beginning a very recent acquaintance to Pleshette enters her room, holds her slinky nightgown up to her, and wonder aloud what her body would look like in it. In the middle in the jazz club, you'll see a friend of Donohue's call his girlfriend over to their table, and then display "this chick I picked up in Capri" as a piece of meat, leering and ogling as she turns back and forth, imploring Donhue to "dig her figure", all without her saying a word. There are others but I'm going on too long as it is. It's not so bad as to be outrageous (depending on where your line is), but it does go so counter to Pleshette's strong stand against book censorship in the beginning of the film that is extra disappointing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member other than the scenery, very dull Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member It may be adorable in its first hour with that lovely song and those beautiful locations, but this corny melodrama soon shows us why it is so ridiculously outdated now with its wholesome, moralizing view of love, sex and old-fashioned chivalry (an ugly euphemism for sexism). Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member There is a reason this film is not a classic, and it's apparent once you watch it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Simple predictable story, but I enjoyed seeing all the sights of Rome again. I don't know if I would have watched it save for the fact we just spent some time in Rome. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Prudence (Suzanne Pleshette), a feisty but romantic-minded young librarian at an all-female school in New England, resigns from her job after getting disciplined for recommending a banned book to one of her students. Impulsively deciding to summer in Rome, she's romanced by the smooth Roberto (Rossano Brazzi) and becomes friends with American architect Don (Troy Donahue), who is trying to extricate himself from a failed relationship with the emotionally needy Lyda (Angie Dickinson).
Director
Delmer Daves
Producer
Delmer Daves
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 59m
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