What is the genre of the film: comedy, drama, rom-com, thriller, action, western, Sci-Fi, buddy movie?
Obviously your protagonist will change, so he become sympathetic, but does the gardener change as well?
In your initial draft, the entire family was mentioned, does it mean that the entire family will evolve as well? Painting changes brought on an entire family by a single event is very difficult. See the clunky moments in the Descendants with Clooney. You might be better off focusing on a single character the real estate mogul.
The concept is so wide open, all the genres are possible.