He's a recently widowed farmer. She's a Romanian immigrant. He 'chooses' her. She must adapt to life on an English farm. While this film has some amusing moments, along with truthful moments among the sub-Hollywood sentimentalism, overall it is a manipulative and shallow film. It could thus be written off as contrived piffle, but unfortunately it uses a very important subject the plight of Eastern European immigrants and so-called 'mail-order' brides to satisfy its high concept. Even within its own arrogant and sexist why would a beautiful young woman fall for an unattractive farmer? framework if fails to explore fully the ramifications of its setup. An amiable time-filler at best, but don't think about it too hard.
Review of You Are So Beautiful
