A Good Year

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A Good Year

PG-13

Released Nov 10, 2006

1h 58m

Romance

Comedy

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Failed London banker Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) inherits his uncle's (Albert Finney) vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.

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Critics Consensus

A Good Year is a fine example of a top-notch director and actor out of their elements, in a sappy romantic comedy lacking in charm and humor.

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Joe Clay

Times (UK)

A Good Year is a light snack of comfort-food cinema and Scott’s only comedy— not that there are a huge amount of laughs.

Apr 23, 2024

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

It's a film from which you'd expect the moon, the stars and the sun. What with an actor like Crowe and a director like Scott. Disappointingly, the talented duo gives you the most wishy-washy film of the year.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 23, 2019

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

It's not so much A Good Year as A Good Yawn (if not A Full-on Nap).

Aug 22, 2018

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Christopher Connor

Loud and Clear Reviews

Ridley Scott’s A Good Year is an underappreciated gem that shows us a different side to both the celebrated director and lead star Russell Crowe.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 1, 2024

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Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com

Rated: 6/10

Feb 9, 2011

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Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

Predictable but pleasant movie for teens and up.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2011

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Keith F

A Hollywood 'blockbuster' this is not, however as a P/T resident in the area just south, and a fan of the distinguished (1930s) Provencal author/director Marcel Pagnol, as well as being a Scot, there are many traits, much humour, and character cameos, this remains a very endearing film. Characters, local and ex-pat, are fully recognisable, as with Pagnol decades earlier. The film does reflect how one falls in love with both the terroir, the people, and the culture, if one is open-minded with no expectations other than 'this is Provence', a unique life-style, where values lay in what individuals bring and how they interact: the relationships they form and grow. Peter Mayle, with a long history of the region, is a superb writer and reflects life as an ex-pat with experience, ridiculing no one yet everyone, offering a snap-shot of northern Provence, not as a tourist, but as someone who becomes engaged.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/25

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Nigel S

Marion Cottillard, the only reason, I watched it to the end. Russell Crowe was neither believable or funny, the script was lame, and the pace as slow as a French snail. What on earth was Ridley Scott thinking?

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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Creed S

My most favourite movie of all.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/02/24

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Michael S

This is a beautifully produced and nostalgic sojourn into the life of vignerons in Provence. It is full of humour and any British person who spent time in Provence as a child will immediately connect with the film and its themes.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Cameron D

Cracking film , and quite funny at times.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Bahad j

I felt like the characters in this movie could feel the happiness and difficulties that they faced in real life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/17/24

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Synopsis

Failed London banker Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) inherits his uncle's (Albert Finney) vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.

Director: Ridley Scott
Producer: Ridley Scott
Screenwriter: Marc Klein
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Major Studio Partners, Scott Free Productions, Dune Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 10, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.5M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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