London-based investment expert Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) travels to Provence to tend a small vineyard he inherited from his late uncle. When he gets suspended from his job under suspicion of fraud, he settles in to life at the chateau, remembering the time he spent there as a child. Then a determined young California girl Christie (Abbie Cornish) arrives claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of the deceased uncle and rightful owner of the vineyard.

• Filming Locations:
London, England, UK
Vaucluse, France

• Aaron Eckhart originally had a role in this film, but dropped out.

• Max Skinner's wardrobe is largely influenced by Russell Crowe's own uncle, David William Crowe.

• Awards: 2 nominations. (view)

• "I had this apartment off the side of a little hotel on a mountain with nothing else around. I'd wake up in the morning and look at these rolling hills and just breathe in the fresh country air. The subject of the film was day-to-day. There wasn't anything horrific or harrowing we had to go and tackle every morning, like in Candy."

• "Christie's a very natural, open, young, fresh American girl - that's the way I always saw her."

• Christie Roberts: "I love your accent."
Charlie Willis: "I love your bum."

From Critics

• "There are moments when the enchanting Cotillard resembles a Gallic, dark-haired Reese Witherspoon, and Aussie thesp Cornish, in her first Hollywood film, continues her quick ascent with a perfect Yank accent and a nice note of observant reserve."
- Todd McCarthy, Variety

• "Enter Kristy (Australian Abbie Cornish, doing a flawless American accent)"
- James Berardinelli, Reel Reviews

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From Riikka

• I wasn't expecting much from A Good Year, I mean it didn't really look terrible but it didn't suit my fancy. It looked like a mediocre romance set to a beautiful location. Well I was right. I'm sure my sheer disgust for Russel Crowe is what kept me even remotely enjoying the first half of the film. The only the keeping me watching was a fresh faced Marion Cotillard - but still I had this ancy feeling the entire time. But as soon as Christie Roberts (Miss Cornish) arrives on screen, that feeling of 'waiting for something good to happen' disapeared. Abbie was an absolute delight and so very cute. Her story in fact I found to be 100 times more interesting than that of Crowe's but that wasn't the film I watched. She is most noticably not speaking in her native tounge and she executs a flawless american accent. If you are watching the film just for her you have a bit of a wait, however it does pay off. Although not in many scenes she charming and stunning on screen. One of my least favorite films of Abbie's but still another great performance worth checking out.
From Mycah

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