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'A Good Year' Provides Few Good Reasons to Watch

By Kenneth Turan
Published November 10, 2006 at 6:00 AM EST

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.

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Kenneth Turan
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.