January 30, 2005

Sideways

Movie: Sideways Official web site Yahoo! Movies My Netflix rating: 4 stars (really liked it) Apple.com trailer: IMDB for Sideways

I saw an excellent movie this weekend at the Bijou called Sideways starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden – it’s got my recommendation.

Short story – two middle aged guys, Miles (Giamatti) and Jack (Haden), drive up to California’s wine country the week before Jack’s wedding for a wine-tasting, bachelor party, bonding, kind of thing and not surprisingly end up in all kinds of trouble. Miles is a washed-up and depressed writer that works as a high-school English teacher to get by and Jack is a washed-up x-soap actor that’s trying to save himself by marrying into a wealthy family – they both need help.

I enjoyed the movie for its scenery, sharp dialog, rich character development, and wealth of juicy wine tasting dialog. Miles is wine connoisseur of sorts so there’s a lot of wine tasting going on and a quarter of the dialog is dedicated to just lines about wine. Not knowing a lot about wine – it kept me interested.

So go see it and bring a bottle of wine with you – just not a merlot.

Posted by Cale on Jan 30, 2005

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