Good movie but grossly overrated

Fantastic!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

How can you go wrong with Ridley, Russel, Albert, and Marion? This is a feel good movie. So, if you're not looking for that, carry on. I've watched this movie over and over. There's something about it that I just love. It's beautifullly shot, the score is wonderful, plot is...alright, but all in all, it's just fun to watch! One of my favorites!

The scenes where Crowe tried his hand at slapstick were horrible. For example, when he falls into the empty, dirt-filled, swimming pool, the story turned from tedious to utterly laughable and moronic. Crowe tries getting out the 15' deep pool by launching himself at the pool wall. Suddenly a beautiful but obnoxious woman comes along, throws his car keys at him and asks Crowe if he can swim. He says, "Yes, but not in a foot of cow shit!" The woman proceeds to turn on the water to fill the pool and walks away. Of course (facetious) the water worked perfectly after not being used in years, and the spray is as forceful as a firehose. Instead of moving aside, Crowe stands in the way of the jets and flails around while being pummeled by the spray. While the pool is filling, Crowe dives underwater, spitting out the "cowshit" pool water as if he's enjoying himself and at one point surfaces with tennis balls on his eyes. Did I turn it off at that point? No, stupid me! Crowe decides he's going to clean the house in 72 hours to show it to potential buyers. The only help he has, his winemaker, and an elderly, frail, gentleman with a broken foot. That's when I turned it off!

A really, really rich investment banker is faced with the choice of remaining a really, really rich investment banker or rejecting that life in order to become a merely really rich wine grower in the south of France. This is presented as an existential crisis. Other than that ridiculous premise, it's an entertaining film.

Just saw this movie today in 2016. Was fun to see it was from another era just by the look of the cellphone Russell was using. Great french version . The dubbing was flawless , made me wonder how it sounds in the original version. Does Russell Crowe speak french ?US viewers ought to know that under french law you can not write off your offspring from your will. That's why Yves Montand was exhumed a while ago. I would just hope that one day they hire actors who are from the actual country the role calls for ?Just one scene reminded me of "Great expectation ". The script is a known one but great job from the actors and the director.