A Good Year (2006)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 128
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 96
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.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 28
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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Gladiator duo Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe re-team for this adaptation of author Peter Mayle's best-selling novel about a London-based investment banker who relocates to Provence in hopes of selling a small vineyard he has inherited from his recently deceased uncle. As a child, Max Skinner (Freddie Highmore) was taught to appreciate the finer things in life while wandering the vineyard estate of his sophisticated uncle Henry (Albert Finney). Life has a strange way or turning out how you least
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Cast
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Russell Crowe
Max Skinner -
Albert Finney
Uncle Henry -
Marion Cotillard
Fanny Chenal -
Abbie Cornish
Christie Roberts -
Didier Bourdon
Francis Duflot -
Tom Hollander
Charlie Willis -
Freddie Highmore
Young Max -
Isabelle Candelier
Ludivine Duflot -
Kenneth Cranham
Sir Nigel -
Archie Panjabi
Gemma -
Rafe Spall
Kenny -
Richard Coyle
Amis -
Ben Righton
Trader #1 -
Patrick Kennedy
Trader #2 -
Ali Rhodes
20-Something Beauty -
Daniel Mays
Bert the Doorman -
Nila Aalia
Newscaster #1 -
Stephen Hudson
Newscaster #2 -
Giannina Facio
Maitre D' -
Lionel Briand
Rental Car Employee -
Maria Papas
Gemma's Friend -
Igor Panich
Russian Couple #1 -
Oleg Sosnovikov
Russian Couple #2 -
Magalie Woch
Secretary -
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Nathalie Auzet -
Jacques Herlin
Papa Duflot -
Catriona MacColl
English Couple #1 -
Patrick Payet
English Couple #2 -
Felicite du Jeu
Hostess -
Mitchell Mullen
American Customer #1 -
Judi Dickerson
American Customer #2 -
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
Oenologue -
Philippe Mery
Chateau Buyers -
Dominique Laurent
Chateau Buyers -
Stewart Wright
Broker #1 -
Tom Stuart
Broker #2 -
Catherine Vinatier
Fanny's Mother -
Marine Casto
Young Fanny -
Gregg Chillin
Hip Hopper #1 -
Toney Tutini
Hip Hopper #2 -
Philippe Bergeron
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Edita Brychta
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Hélène Cardona
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Jean-Louis Darville
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Neil Dickson
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Jean Gilpin
Voice Actor -
Nicholas Guest
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Patrick Hillan
Voice Actor -
Frank Isles
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Peter Lavin
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Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson
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Paula Jane Newman
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Moira Quirk
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Valeria Milenka Repnau
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Darren Richardson
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Jean-Michael Richaud
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Samantha Jane Robson
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Ian Ruskin
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Linda Sans
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Bruno Stephane
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Karen Strassman
Voice Actor -
Jean-Paul Vignon
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Craig Robert Young
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Russell Crowe has many talents, but a gift for light comedy is not one of them.
Top CriticThere are some pretty funny things in there.
Crowe, a superb dramatic actor, is congenitally incapable of humour, especially when he tries slapstick.
On a rainy day, A Good Year may be welcome fantasy; the question is whether anyone will remember it after the clouds have parted.
Despite some stunning visuals and a lot of nice moments, the finished product feels like the work of an actor and director who are out of their element.
The overall effect is one of a sumptuously laid table where the main course is overcooked.
Predictable but pleasant movie for teens and up.
Russell Crowe brings to bear his now-familiar acting tics in a not-so-tender romance by director Ridley Scott.
To me, A Good Year read as more of a romance/dramedy, with an unusual tone (and fish-out-of-water journey) reminiscent of Under the Tuscan Sun. If that is the case, then it works just fine.
[Russel Crowe's] supply of quips and pratfalls is inexhaustible, even when he's trapped at the bottom of a swimming pool surrounded by peat and dry leaves. Alas, he escapes.
Under the Tuscan Sun for men
Crowe has located his funnybone again in a conventional but engaging romantic comedy ...
This Gallic tourist-porn feels as stale as yesterday's baguette.
'Look Homeward, Gladiator' hints at new dimensions of warmth and heart in Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott. They're not there yet, but they're headed in the right direction.
It's so goddamned cute you almost want to puke, but you don't. This is the most charming movie of the year, and it comes within an inch of being too sweet to stand, but it doesn't get there.
Does not translate into a good film.
Audience Reviews for A Good Year
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- Uncle Henry: A man should acknowledge his losses just as gracefully as he celebrate his victories.
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- Max Skinner: This place does not suit my life.
- Fanny Chenal: No Max, it's your life that does not suit this place.
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- Max Skinner: I have an obligatory cultural activity in the village tonight.
- Charlie Willis: Can I come? Will there be girls?
- Max Skinner: No and yes.
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Foreign Titles
- Ein gutes Jahr (DE)
- Un buen año (ES)
