A Good Year

Can Russell Crowe do comedy? Watch this movie and let me know what you think. I think this 2006 story about wine and maturing, is very fun, and very funny. It is not an unfamiliar story, but is so well told you forget you've heard it before.

Albert Finney does the type of role he does best. He plays the grandfather of Crowe's character who has passed away and left a wine-producing property in Provence, France. Crowe sees this unexpected "gift" as a burden to be quickly liquidated.

As Crowe prepares the property for sale he remembers his childhood there and begins to discover the charm of the locals and the value of what he has inherited. Of particular interest is the realtionships Crowe develops with everyone around him. Character evolution is what this story is all about.

Watch this movie with someone who knows a thing or two about wine.