A Good Year Reviews
Common Sense Media
Predictable but pleasant movie for teens and up.
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| Original Score: 3/5
ColeSmithey.com
Russell Crowe brings to bear his now-familiar acting tics in a not-so-tender romance by director Ridley Scott.
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| Original Score: C-
Paste Magazine
[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.
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| Original Score: 2/5
7M Pictures
Under the Tuscan Sun for men
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Atlantic City Weekly
Crowe has located his funnybone again in a conventional but engaging romantic comedy ...
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
Film Journal International
This Gallic tourist-porn feels as stale as yesterday's baguette.
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
'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.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Greenwich Village Gazette
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.
| Original Score: 4/5
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Does not translate into a good film.
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| Original Score: C
Aisle Seat
The course A Good Year takes feels like it's on rails: there's only one possible destination and only one way to get there.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Scott's film is like a reproduction of things he's seen in romantic comedies over the years with no idea why they're there.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
E! Online
Alternately, you could do your laundry, which would be just as exciting and possibly more dramatic.
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| Original Score: C-
Philadelphia Weekly
A leaden attempt at an upbeat romp from the downcast, feel-bad tag team of actor Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott, the movie is like hearing a knock-knock joke told by a mortician.
Reeling Reviews
They [director Ridley Scott and star Russell Crowe] may have had a good time making the film, but I can't say I did while watching it.
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| Original Score: C-
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
You can do worse than seeing a movie with gorgeous scenery, a predictable plot and sweet characters.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4
Premiere Magazine
Provence looks like a lovely place to visit and Mr. Scott deserves his rest now and then, but let's hope he gets back to darker work soon.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Every Scott movie has worthwhile visual dazzle, but this is what happens when Hollywood giants lecture against the evils of wealth.
Los Angeles Daily News
Russell Crowe trying to twinkle may not be the most unsettling thing on the big screen this season, but it's up there.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Top CriticRussell Crowe has many talents, but a gift for light comedy is not one of them.
| Original Score: 2.5/4
There are some pretty funny things in there.
