This film had the double whammy of Russell Crowe AND Ridley Scott. It should have been fatuous and tedious - Quelle surprise ! It wasn't.
After a very slow start, and very boring City types who should have all been shot, we finally get to Provence. Like Russel we never leave there again. This film was wonderfully whimsical and an unexpected delight.
Yes, the plot was totally expected. The girl he nearly ran over was obviously going to end up as his girlfriend. He was obviously going to rediscover himself and fall in love with the country side again. But it made a pleasant change from the usual mass carnage and lugubrious battle scenes we normally have to put up with from both the lead and the director. With well studied cameos from Albert Finney and a luminous Marion Cotillard there was a lot to like in this lovely film. I must be going soft in my old age.
After a very slow start, and very boring City types who should have all been shot, we finally get to Provence. Like Russel we never leave there again. This film was wonderfully whimsical and an unexpected delight.
Yes, the plot was totally expected. The girl he nearly ran over was obviously going to end up as his girlfriend. He was obviously going to rediscover himself and fall in love with the country side again. But it made a pleasant change from the usual mass carnage and lugubrious battle scenes we normally have to put up with from both the lead and the director. With well studied cameos from Albert Finney and a luminous Marion Cotillard there was a lot to like in this lovely film. I must be going soft in my old age.