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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.
| Release Date: | October 22nd, 2004 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Running Time: | 2 minutes |
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| Sideways Movie Review by Ezra (2/16/2007) |
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This was easily my favorite of the Oscar nominees for Best Picture in 2004. Paul Giamatti is brilliant as always in the lead role and Thomas Haden Church complements him perfectly. There are moments in this film that made me laugh hysterically, as well as moments that made me want to cry, but to give them away would be to...
(complete Sideways review by Ezra)
| Sideways Movie Review by Jesse (12/14/2006) |
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Sideways can be easily considered the best movie of the year. If it wasn't for Million Dollar Baby, this film should have easily grabbed Best Picture. Paul Giamatti was robbed of an Oscar nomination and that will forever go down in Oscar history as one of the worst snubs. Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen both...
(complete Sideways review by Jesse)
| Sideways Movie Review by Joe (8/24/2006) |
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Just like fine wine, Sideways is an acquired taste. After seeing it the first time, I wasn't thrilled with it, but after I saw it the second time, I realized how much of a cinematic masterpiece this movie is, and I understood why it was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Acclaimed director Alexander Payne...
(complete Sideways review by Joe)
| Sideways Movie Review by wildhorse (7/25/2005) |
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I don't give away stars easily -- this is definately a film to see. It's refreshing to see an original storyline and be introduced to new actors doing an excellent job. It's very funny, and very engaging -- easy to forget the low budget feel. Loved it!
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| Sideways Movie Review by nilo (1/12/2005) |
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Alexander Payne comes at last to master his impeccable style of filmmaking. In his new movie, Sideways, he tackles a mundane story of two middle-age alcoholic friends from an unpublished novel and transforms it beautifully into an intoxicating world in the cinema.
Miles (Paul Giamatti) is a struggling novelist and Jack...
(complete Sideways review by nilo)
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