In "A Good Year," Russell Crowe stars as Max Skinner, a London-based investment expert who moves to Provence to sell a small vineyard he has inherited from his late uncle. (Rico Torres/Fox) Rico Torres/Fox

Russell Crowe learns to smile

With an effortless performance in 'A Good Year,' the actor transforms his image from troubled soul to charming rascal

By Wesley Morris

Globe Staff / November 5, 2006

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TORONTO -- Movie stardom does not become Russell Crowe, and he'd be the first to tell you so . But he makes the best of what he has. When the media assaults him for, say, assaulting a hotel employee with a telephone, as he did two summers ago, he apologizes and moves on. (Full article: 1306 words)