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SidewaysApril 20, 2005 Grade: B
| Director: Alexander Payne | |
Released: October 2004 |
| Writer: Alexander Payne, from Rex Pickett's book | |
MPAA Rating: R |
| Players: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh | |
Running time: 123 minutes |
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Funny? Yes. Best picture of 2004? No. Maybe I'm a victim of too much hype, but Sideways doesn't strike me as Oscar material. It's a great script, very good acting (particularly Giamatti), and good direction, but it doesn't live up to the media's (or my family members') billing. - crocoPuffs
For a period of time after this film came out, sales of Pinot Noir were higher than usual. I guess people were sitting around after the movie saying, "you know, that Paul Giamatti is right. I should drink more pinot."