Synopsis
Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's 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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Cast
- Russell CroweMax Skinner
- Albert FinneyHenry Skinner
- Marion CotillardFanny Chenal
- Abbie CornishChristie Roberts
- Didier BourdonFrancis Duflot
- Tom HollanderCharlie Willis
- Freddie HighmoreYoung Max Skinner
- Isabelle CandelierLudivine Duflot
- Archie PanjabiGemma
- Rafe SpallKenny
Recommendations
- 75
ReelViews
Gorgeous photography and strong acting keep the formula from becoming stale. For those who don't mind pictures that fall into predictable rhythms, A Good Year represents a pleasant diversion. - 50
Variety
A simple repast consisting of sometimes strained slapsticky comedy, a sweet romance and a life lesson learned, this little picnic doesn't amount to much but goes down easily enough. - 50
The New Yorker
Even judged by the not excessively demanding standards of middle-aged renovation fantasies, A Good Year isn’t much. - 50
Time
Crowe, despite his loutish rep, is forever surprising viewers by slipping snugly into the disparate characters he plays. This time he surprises by failing. Oh, he can do engaging as smartly as he does stalwart or tortured, but he gets sabotaged by the cloying script. - 50
Village Voice
Scott can do mayhem, dystopia, and the rampaging alien (extraterrestrial, android, Somali, Demi Moore) with the best of them, but the breezy touch is not his forte. - 50
Premiere
Finney, only seen in these flashbacks, is pitch perfect. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Nothing more than a bad harvest. - 40
Empire
The Merlot to "Sideways" Pinot, this is one of those middling movies that, while never terrible, also never really impresses.
