Individually, the stars are personable enough in this generic Will Packer product, but there's not much chemistry between them, and not much comedy besides.
By Guy Lodge
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Universal Pictures Few would stretch as far as calling “Under the Tuscan Sun” a classic, and yet that easy-breezy Diane Lane vehicle from 2003 has an enduring cultural presence of sorts: It still pops up with some regularity on TV schedules and in-flight menus, and in those more quaintly dated Airbnb rentals where hosts provide a half-dozen inoffensive DVDs for your potential viewing pleasure. Why would it not? It was as pretty and palatable as Hollywood wish-fulfillment gets, and fueled several million vacation fantasies, or fantasy vacations for the lucky. More than two decades later, “You, Me & Tuscany” is well aware of its quietly long shadow. “I’ll be your Diane Lane if you can get me under this Tuscan sun,” says a passing character in this romantic comedy from the Will Packer production line — a clunky reference that at least makes perfectly clear the new film’s modest aspirations.
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