stuart-731-231734 Critics hate this movie and it has a low rating on Rotten Tomatoes... So What!It is a lovely movie filled with the beauty of life and what should be important but often isn't.. I truely wish my life was like this and thoroughly enjoyed escaping into this world for a while..Great performances, directing & production... It feels real and that for me is exactly what this type of movie should be..

cinemajesty Movie Review: "A Good Year" (2006)This make-you-feel-good movie directed and produced by Ridley Scott is a very personal signature of the director, who recalls childhood memories with teenage character of Young Max, performed by at that time promising newcomer actor Freddie Highmore, known for "Finding Neverland" starring Johnny Depp; the boy, who gets raised in cultural manners by his Uncle Henry, here portrayed in a perfect-pitching performance by Albert Finney, at age 70, in manners of living-well without dying from life's obligation and constant pressure, when actor Russell Crowe takes over the stage to be London's stock-markets-pushing star broker number one Max Skinner, when his Uncle's inheritance becomes due in shape of the childhood reminiscence of a rural estate of planting grapes of French red wine.Director Ridley Scott plays his cards after the mammut-production of "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005) with switching cinematography to Philippe Le Sourd, engaging vacation-indulging, dreamy visuals of further high-end digital color corrections; promoted production designer Sonja Klaus, organizing and dressing on-location sets of splendor towards sharing a life of leisure with any spectator by finding the professionally acted, nevertheless no high-pitch meeting collaboration between Russell Crowe and actress Marion Cotillard, given face to a local character as waitress-of-no-means, when "A Good Year" runs out after a suspenseless 110-Minutes-Cut by editor Dody Dorn, where even accelerated montage scene deny the audience a fever pitch of higher illuminations in this motion picture of tragic-comedy pleasures.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

huggibear I'd watch it again because the first time I watched it, I couldn't hear every part of the movie very well due to late night viewing time I chose. I just want to pick up more of what took place between Russell Crowe and Abbie Cornish, the one who plays his half sister, in terms of what actually went down with the house inheritance between the two. Who wrote the letter? I missed that part.

dhensonuk I never tire of watching this film. It always makes me smile. The chemistry between all the characters is great. The comedy is well handled, and does not get in the way of the romance. Crowe shows just what a good actor he is, with nuance and subtlety. He is possibly a better light comedian that he is a dramatic actor.The film has a moral - an attack on selfishness and greed. Even a bad man can seduced back to the good side.Cotillard shows how a woman can overcome hurt and suspicion, and learn to relax. Sometimes being loved is harder than loving.My only gripe - we need more Albert Finney! In many ways he is the heart of the film and only appears in flashback.Another gripe! I don't really like wine.