Review – A Good Year

Russell Crowe was not made for romantic comedy. But even if a more suitable leading man had been cast, this still would have been a pretty dreadful movie. The protagonist is a jerk from London’s world of high finance. His estranged uncle passes on and leaves a French chateau and vineyard to him, dragging him away from his wheeling and dealing and dropping him into the bucolic world of Provence. The ensuing antics may have been intended to evoke a feeling similar to Local Hero, but while Forsythe’s classic was witty and charming this go-around is mostly just smarmy and crude. Further, our hero spent his care-free childhood at the estate cavorting with his quirky uncle, so every time the guy turns around he sees something else that triggers an extended flashback sequence. See if desperate