MOVIE REVIEW: A GOOD WOMAN

This was a perfectly balanced lovely romance set in Italy on the Amalfi coast in a world of the independently wealthy in the 1930s.  The main actresses were Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson, and John Wilkinson does a great job as well. The script was so well done that I waited for the credits for more info, and was surprised to see it was based on a play I hadn't read by Oscar Wilde, called Lady Windemere's Fan. The wordplay of the modern script by Howard Himelstein is quite an improvement, so that would be my vote. Part drama, part romance, part travelogue ( I love to travel somewhere in time that no longer exists), I was quite surprised to watched a film so quietly and perfectly crafted without ever hearing about it. Maybe my local theatre group will take it as a four act suggestion for next year.