A Good Year does teach you a thing or two about life, and make you reflect on life. While munching popcorn and watching the film, I did some soul searching and came home with some yummy chocolate mouse to celebrate my 'good' year.
If you enjoyed watching actioned-packed films like Dhoom 2 and Casino Royal, watching A Good Year might require courage. It's slow and at times, you wonder if it is going anywhere. For a director who made Gladiator and Hannibal, A Good Year is his weakest film. Yes, I say that after sitting through Kingdom of Heaven and G I Jane.
Scott's film is not bad per say -- it is not poorly made and has a narrative even though it is predictable. But you are most likely to forget it as soon as you walk out of the theatre.
Based on the novel by Peter Mayle, A Good Year is about Max Skinner (Russell Crowe). When we first meet Max, he's a successful, selfish, money-grubbing stockbroker who believes that 'winning is not everything, it's the only thing.'
But when Max gets word that his uncle Henry has died and left a French estate to him; he reluctantly leaves London and goes to France.
Hoping to put his past behind him, Max wants to sell
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