A Good Year

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A Good Year

PG-13

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

The Times (UK)

04/23/2024

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.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

01/23/2019

1/4

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.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

08/22/2018

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

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Christopher Connor

Loud and Clear Reviews

10/01/2024

3.5/5

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.

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Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com

02/09/2011

6/10

Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

01/01/2011

3/5

Predictable but pleasant movie for teens and up.

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Cassandra B

@CozyButJudgy Dec 20

One of those movies that feed your soul. Well rounded, beautiful scenery with cozy music and a gentle story line.

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Enrico S

@Enrico Oct 21

It has flaws, but for whatever reasons it is feel good movie that works for me, it works all the time, better if watched with a glass of wine ice wine.

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Louise C

Sep 23

Absolutely awful. For one thing an Australian man trying to play an English man with a shocking accent. Didn’t even see to the end. Didn’t invest in anyone because there was no one to care for.

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Mark P

Sep 2

A sweet and funny romance about rehabilitating one's life by going back to the past that made one happy, reconnecting with family, finding love, turning away from hollow greed, making something wholesome, and washing that feast with superb wine from France. The story is heartwarming, the performances fantastic, directed outside the regular course of Ridley's typical vintage to create a specialty bottle. I enjoy this movie because it's human delight to have the protagonist choose the finer and simpler life of love and taste over bottomless desire.

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Eames A

@EamesAgu Sep 1

They don’t make enough movies like this anymore — well made, light comedy — with real movie stars like Crowe and the French lady. It’s easy to make some super serious drama that takes itself seriously, but harder to craft a movie that takes us off the beaten path and at a slower pace. As is the theme of A Good Year.

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Sean C

Aug 23

Ridley Scott and cast bring warmth and fun into what is actually a fairly boring, formulaic script.

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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: Dune Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures, Major Studio Partners, Scott Free Productions
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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