Review of A Good Year (2006) by Dawdlingpoet — 08 Jul 2022

This is a fairly enjoyable watch - yes its very cheesy and predictable but sometimes that's no bad thing. I wouldn't say it's outright hilarious or constantly amusing but it does have what I'd call gentle comedy, with Russell Crowe being quite amusing at times, as the hapless 'fish out of water' Londoner in Provence.

Watching him driving a small Smart car near the start of the film was really quite amusing! there aren't too many similarly funny scenes but there are some. If you can stand the cheese and the stereotypes of uncaring London banker types not being too endearing to the French, then you may enjoy this film, for the cinematography, the sense/element of childhood nostalgia, a sort of summery escapist feel and the ocassional funny moment but that aside, its certainly not a particularly memorable film or otherwise especially noteworthy, so I suppose I wouldn't go out of my view to recommend it as such, no.