A Walk in the Clouds

Keanu Reeves is completely wooden in this romantic misfire by Alfonso Arau (Like Water for Chocolate). Reeves plays a World War II vet who hits the road as a traveling salesman and agrees to help a desperate, pregnant woman (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon)--who is afraid to let her father (Giancarlo Giannini) see her condition--by pretending to be her husband. Most of the story takes place in the old man's vineyard, and Arau makes a life of swollen fruit, grape-stomping, sunlight, and tan flesh that looks amazingly erotic. But there are plenty of sillier distractions, such as the sight of farm hands chasing insects with flapping gossamer wings attached to their arms. Reeves is terribly self-conscious, while stalwart Anthony Quinn is memorable as the damsel's benevolent grandfather. --Tom Keogh

Movie Details

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Aitana S?hez-Gij?, Anthony Quinn, Giancarlo Giannini, Angélica Aragón, Evangelina Elizondo, Freddy Rodríguez, Debra Messing, Febronio Covarrubias, Roberto Huerta, Juan Jiménez, Ismael Gallegos, Alejandra Flores, Gema Sandoval, Don Amendolia, Mary Pat Gleason, John Dennis Johnston, Joseph Lindsey, Macon McCalman, Ivory Ocean
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running time: 102 min
DVD Aspect Ratios: 1.33:1

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DVD Features:

• Color
• Closed-captioned
• Widescreen

International rating:

Europe: PG
Australia: PG

DVD International release dates:
North America: Jan 14, 03

VHS International release dates:
North America: Feb 4, 97