Pretty Good

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This film is just beautiful, the images of Provence are so beautiful. Russel Crowe is more and more endearing and Marion Cotillard really very beautiful. We really hope that a love story will be born between the two characters but it went very badly. the movie made me dream and I had a great time.

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.

A successful stockbroker inherits a vineyard and finds there's more to life than money. I ignored this film for ten years as I thought it sounded pretty dull. I was wrong. There is plenty here to keep you entertained. Although it's by no means a riotous comedy there were plenty of times that I laughed throughout the film. Add in the French countryside, a sharp script, a charismatic Russell Crowe and the unbelievably beautiful Marion Cotillard and there's not much to dislike. This is one of those films you can just put on and enjoy without having to think too hard. It doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't. It's all fairly predictable but the cast is so good that it really doesn't matter all that much. There should be more films like this. Just put in on and enjoy the following two hours.

What one wouldn't give to own a vineyard in south-eastern France. What one wouldn't do to spend an evening with a beautiful French girl. Ridley Scott's A Good Year is a beautiful film about life and its endless bounties. It's a film that often goes unnoticed in the English filmmaker's body of work.In life we sometimes get so busy that we fail to recognize what we truly desire. We even forget how to really live our lives. Lost in this modern-day madness, we get reduced to the state of machines with no feelings or emotions. The movie revolves around a ruthless London-based banker named Max Shiner who following his uncle's death becomes the sole beneficiary of his French estate in Provence. He is so immersed in his corporate life that he doesn't even care to visit his uncle during his final days despite him being the only surviving family member. When he learns that he has inherited his uncle's property, Shiner travels to France at once with the hope of making a quick sale. But things don't exactly go according to plan and Shiner is stuck. The time he gets to spend at the estate makes him nostalgic as he fondly remembers his childhood. How his uncle had taught him to appreciate the finer things in life--all of which he seems to have forgotten owing to his busy life. Before too long he gets enchanted by a head- strong and beautiful French girl. But time is quickly running out. Shiner must now make a final call: to sell the property and return to London or to quit his job and settle down in Provence.A Good Year presents Russell Crowe in a very different light. For a change, we get to see his tender side. Crowe shares great chemistry with Marion Cotillard. One just can't afford to blink in between the scenes the two share. It's a pure delight to watch them play around, filling the air with passion and romance. It's impossible not to fall in love with them. The film is a testament to Ridley Scott's versatility as a filmmaker. Kudos to him for concocting a beautiful tale about life and for eliciting such memorable performances from all his actors.For more on the world of cinema, please visit my film blog "A Potpourri of Vestiges".