Sideways

USA 2004, 121 minutes
Dir. Alexander Payne
Rating: [M]
Genres: Comedy, Drama / Road Movie

Feat. Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh

Aroview: Reserve quality odd-couple comedy-drama from the consistent talent behind ELECTION and ABOUT SCHMIDT, about two middle-aged friends on a Californian wine trail.

Paul Giamatti is priceless as the struggling writer and passionate wine enthusiast still in love with his ex-wife, with Haden Church his perfect foil as a philandering bridegroom-in-waiting who just wants to get laid. Full of scrupulous detail about wine, this speaks volumes about male obsession and bonding, and is destined to age very well, alongside classics of male romantic neurosis like MANHATTAN.

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4 stars (Very Good) Miles, a failed writer, and his soon-to-be married friend, a failed actor, hit the road to enjoy a male-bonding trip of wine-tasting - only to end up drowning in wine, women and mayhem. Hilarious, real laugh out loud moments. ~GenXGirl