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Feature film of the week: `Enchanted April'.

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From: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/TribuneNews Service)
Date: 20030404
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Byline: Jay Boyar

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ENCHANTED APRIL

11 a.m. Tuesday, April 15

WE: Women's Entertainment

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Even residents of America's vacation capital need occasional vacations. But when you just can't get away, it's nice to know that there are movies like "Enchanted April."

Based on Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel, this featherweight charmer from 1991 is a little like an updated, prose version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." While not so overtly fantastical, it has similar qualities of escapism and entrancement.

The story begins in London, where Lottie ...

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