Sideways
With
Sideways
, Paul Giamatti (
American Splendor
,
Storytelling
) has become an unlikely but engaging romantic lead. Struggling novelist and wine connoisseur Miles (Giamatti) takes his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church,
Wings
) on a wine-tasting tour of California vineyards for a kind of extended bachelor party. Almost immediately, Jack's insatiable need to sow some wild oats before his marriage leads them into double-dates with a rambunctious wine pourer (Sandra Oh,
Under the Tuscan Sun
) and a recently divorced waitress (Virginia Madsen,
The Hot Spot
)--and Miles discovers a little hope that he hasn't let himself feel in a long time.
Sideways
is a modest but finely tuned film; with gentle compassion, it explores the failures, struggles, and lowered expectations of mid-life. Giamatti makes regret and self-loathing sympathetic, almost sweet. From the director of
Election
and
About Schmidt
.
--Bret Fetzer
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| upc: |
0024543175780 |
| title: |
Sideways |
| theatricalDate: |
21-01-2005 |
| purchase date: |
16-07-2006 |
| publisher: |
20th Century Fox |
| published: |
05-04-2005 |
| price: |
$19.98 |
| net Rating: |
3.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
123 |
| last lookup time: |
174733356.30494 |
| genre: |
Friends
Comedy
Family Features |
| fullTitle: |
Sideways (Widescreen Edition) |
| features: |
Closed-captioned
Color
Dolby
Dubbed
Subtitled
Widescreen
NTSC
1.85:1 |
| director: |
Alexander Payne |
| currentValue: |
$3.87 |
| created: |
174719680 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B0007TKOAA
|
