© 2024 KMUW
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

'A Good Year' Provides Few Good Reasons to Watch

The last time director Ridley Scott and star Russell Crowe got together, the Oscar-winning action epic Gladiator was the result.

This time they've teamed up for the romantic comedy A Good Year. Unfortunately, the two have no feel for the genre.

It's a movie that offers few compelling reasons to make the trip to your local theater.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Kenneth Turan is the film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR's Morning Edition, as well as the director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post and TV Guide, and served as the Times' book review editor.