Total mush, and uncommonly runny mush at that, about a make-believe marriage between an already married WWII vet and an already pregnant señorita, the deflowered flower of a noble Napa winegrowing family. (The meet-cute: she barfs on his uniform aboard a train.) Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Arau brings to Hollywood his paintbox of amber, ochre, and copper washes, and maintains as well a couple of gastronomical links to his Like Water for Chocolate: the protagonist is a chocolates salesman, and Grandmother whips up a generations-old recipe for Pumpkin Flower Soup. Based on Blasetti's wartime Italian comedy, Four Steps in the Clouds; with Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Giancarlo Giannini, Anthony Quinn. (1995) — Duncan Shepherd