A Walk in the Clouds

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Theatrical Release Date

Aug 10, 1995

Genre(s)

• Love & Romance
• DVD
• Widescreen
• PG-13
• US & CA DVDs: Region 1

Rating (Stars)

Description

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

Director

Alfonso Arau

Stars

• Keanu Reeves
• Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
• Anthony Quinn
• Giancarlo Giannini
• Angélica Aragón

Running Time

102 minutes

Original Price

$14.98

Current Value

$4.87

DVD Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen
• NTSC
• 1.33:1