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Sideways (2004)
Miles Faymond, a failed writer who teaches junior high school english takes his best friend, former hot actor Jack on a weeklong drive up to 'wine country' in California. There they explore the nature of their failures and question their relationships. Jack, about to get married, has an affair and wonders whether he should call it off. Miles, recently divorced, questions whether or not he made the right choice.
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Sideways Movie Review by Zara  (3/25/2007) |
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I finally got around to watching this movie. I'd meant to watch it many times, considering that where it was filmed is the heart of where I grew up. Giamatti's mother living in Oxnard was the kicker. We moved from Arroyo Grande (San Luis Obispo area, like Madsen's character saying that she commuted to SLO Cal Poly for her...
(complete Sideways review by Zara)
| Sideways Movie Review by Elizabeth (11/12/2004) |
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"My best man gift to you will be to get you laid," Jack (Haden Church) tells Miles (Giamatti) at the beginning of their week in California wine country in Alexander Payne’s new movie “Sideways.” The two 40-something friends are on their road trip to celebrate Jack’s impending marriage (his first). While Miles envisions a...
(complete Sideways review by Elizabeth)
| Sideways Movie Review by Corey (11/5/2004) |
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Wine is the kind of passion that requires subtle appreciation and a refined, sophisticated taste. It takes similar traits to enjoy the full flavor of certain films, too; the kind of films it would be an insult to call mere "movies." Alexander Payne's Sideways is that kind of achievement. Rarely does a film capture the kind...
(complete Sideways review by Corey)
| Sideways Movie Review by Seth (11/2/2004) |
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A nice performance by Paul Giamatti, though he's going to need to start branching out from the role of the loveable loser. Yes, he has a sad face, we get it. Nevertheless, he's damn good at the role.
"Lowell" from "Wings" did a good job, though was a fairly one-dimensional character, as were the two ladies in the film....
(complete Sideways review by Seth)
This is the one movie I can honestly recommend to just about anyone. Paul Giamatti ('American Splendor') and Thomas Hayden Church (TV's 'Wings') play two buddies out for a final weekend of wine tasting and fun before Church's Jack gets married. They come across a waitress and a wine pourer and the adventure that is their...
(complete Sideways review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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