A Good Year, A Great Lesson !!!!
Added 2/8/2010
A good year should make you leave the room after the movie really thinking about what is important in your life.
Well, that was my take.
What is at the core of this romance is the love between money, childhood dreams, a woman, and a place that one can only imagine is the furthest place from the day to day reality of a stress flung, heartless, inconsiderate lifestyle.
Perhaps this drastic description would place you in the defensive mode if you were on the edge of "to buy or not to buy" however if you would like to place yourself in a realignment mode in your life for a couple of hours, this might serve the purpose.
The light hearted nature of the movie will certainly take you away from the Russell Crowe you know as the Gladiator tough guy.
I think this movie is a very clever combination of wit, real life heart issues, and what we all need to see once in a while to stir the inner desires of an ultimate personal goal.
If you are trying to impress your female companion with a good pick of a movie for date night, she won't be dissapointed. Just don't let on that you enjoyed it too. Perhaps if you work in a very high stress situation with focus on buy, sell, and trample, it will bring you to the office the next day in a different mood.
So drop the defenses and enjoy.
This is my second time watching the film and now i own it.
I will make it a point to watch it at least a couple times a year.
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A Well Acted Light Romance
Added 1/23/2010
This is a "nice" movie, ultimately a romance, that has several excellent actors, Russell Crowe, Marion Cotillard (who's also wonderful to look at), and Albert Finney. Crowe plays Max, a highly successful investment manager, who works in the fast-paced trading environment in London, and inherits a villa with vineyard in the beautiful hills of Provence, France. He visits his new property and meets Fanny, an attractive cafe hostess whom he had previously known as a child while living in the villa of his now-deceased uncle. Of course, love blossoms and now Max must choose between the lush, laid-back life of a country gentleman managing the wines, or the plastic corporate executive gig devoid of real meaning. In between answering his annoying business cell phone, Crowe does a credible job considering the light subject matter and even makes mild attempts at humor that for me seemed a little silly. The film moves along at a slow but reasonable pace considering the theme, but may lack the essence to encourage a second viewing.
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A good year
Added 1/9/2010
This is a really good film. It shows a different side to Russell Crowe. No bad language , for a change!!
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I thought that this would be a good family movie. Boy was I ever wrong. It is good if you like a lot of crude and vulger language.
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Nothing redeemable
Added 1/2/2010
This would be characterized as a guilty pleasure movie, because it is innocent and pretty in its all-too-ditsy story line. After all, Crowe's superficial charm winning over the smart, sexy, unobtainable woman was not really grounded in any convincing moves or even modification in his demeanor. No greater truth was reached. The plot revolving around the girl who was supposedly heiress to the land was irritating, and again no knowledge was gained (beyond all doubt, at least) before the resolution is reached. So, I look at it as that, a simple movie to watch when one doesn't feel like thinking. As such, there is a single moment I considered mildly entertaining, which was the expulsion of the Americans from the restaurant after they verbally defiled the menu... yes, Americans are slobs without any appreciation for the sublime... that's been established. But this film is far from sublime, so there is no room for critique.
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A Good Year, A Great Lesson !!!!
Added 2/8/2010
A good year should make you leave the room after the movie really thinking about what is important in your life.
Well, that was my take.
What is at the core of this romance is the love between money, childhood dreams, a woman, and a place that one can only imagine is the furthest place from the day to day reality of a stress flung, heartless, inconsiderate lifestyle.
Perhaps this drastic description would place you in the defensive mode if you were on the edge of "to buy or not to buy" however if you would like to place yourself in a realignment mode in your life for a couple of hours, this might serve the purpose.
The light hearted nature of the movie will certainly take you away from the Russell Crowe you know as the Gladiator tough guy.
I think this movie is a very clever combination of wit, real life heart issues, and what we all need to see once in a while to stir the inner desires of an ultimate personal goal.
If you are trying to impress your female companion with a good pick of a movie for date night, she won't be dissapointed. Just don't let on that you enjoyed it too. Perhaps if you work in a very high stress situation with focus on buy, sell, and trample, it will bring you to the office the next day in a different mood.
So drop the defenses and enjoy.
This is my second time watching the film and now i own it.
I will make it a point to watch it at least a couple times a year.
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A Well Acted Light Romance
Added 1/23/2010
This is a "nice" movie, ultimately a romance, that has several excellent actors, Russell Crowe, Marion Cotillard (who's also wonderful to look at), and Albert Finney. Crowe plays Max, a highly successful investment manager, who works in the fast-paced trading environment in London, and inherits a villa with vineyard in the beautiful hills of Provence, France. He visits his new property and meets Fanny, an attractive cafe hostess whom he had previously known as a child while living in the villa of his now-deceased uncle. Of course, love blossoms and now Max must choose between the lush, laid-back life of a country gentleman managing the wines, or the plastic corporate executive gig devoid of real meaning. In between answering his annoying business cell phone, Crowe does a credible job considering the light subject matter and even makes mild attempts at humor that for me seemed a little silly. The film moves along at a slow but reasonable pace considering the theme, but may lack the essence to encourage a second viewing.
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A good year
Added 1/9/2010
This is a really good film. It shows a different side to Russell Crowe. No bad language , for a change!!
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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