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Sideways (2004)

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Reviews Counted:210

Fresh:203

Rotten:7

Average Rating:8.6/10

Consensus: An emotional and heartfelt comedy.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, some strong sexual content and nudity

Runtime: 2 hr. 3 min.

Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy

Theatrical Release: Sep 13, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $71.4M

Synopsis: A wine tasting road trip to salute Jack's final days as a bachelor careens woefully sideways as he and Miles hit the gas en route to mid-life crises.... A wine tasting road trip to salute Jack's final days as a bachelor careens woefully sideways as he and Miles hit the gas en route to mid-life crises. The comically mismatched pair, who share little more than their history and a heady blend of failed potential and fading youth, soon find themselves drowning in wine and women. Emerging from a haze of pinot noir, wistful yearnings and trepidation about the future, the two inevitably collide with reality. [More]

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Marylouise Burke, Jessica Hecht, Missy Doty, M.C. Gainey, Robert Covarrubias, Stephanie Faracy, Duke Moosekian, Patrick Gallagher, Toni Howard, Peter Dennis, Robert Trow, Phil Reeves, Alysia Reiner, Joe Marinelli, Chris Burroughs, Rev. Fr. Khoren Babouchian, Lee Brooks, Alison Herson, Lacey Rae, Cesar "Cheeser" Ramos, Daniel Rogers, Natalie Carter, Simon Kassis, Sevag Kendirjian, Heghine (Helen) Harboyan, Gohar Toranyan, Shake Tukhmanyan, Shaun Duke

Director: Alexander Payne

Director: Alexander Payne
Screenwriter: Jim Taylor, Alexander Payne
Producer: Jay Cohen
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Full Review Source: Newsweek | comment Comment
Nov 1, 2007
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek
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Sideways is the first of Payne's films in which we have the chance to really care for the characters; he reins in his harsh satire better than before.

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
Sep 7, 2007
Jeffrey Overstreet
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Looking Closer

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Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
Jul 14, 2007
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

The year's second best movie about broken and lonely people (after Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
Oct 11, 2006
Russ Breimeier
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today

In Payne's overarching triumph, Sideways is a sensitive, to the point of disturbing, expose of love....love that can blossom with that high school hallway sweetness even in the withered garden of midlife.

Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | comment Comment
Sep 27, 2006
Jordan Hiller
Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com

Giamatti handily raises what could've been a pedestrian road trip romance into the stratosphere of a world-class character study

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Sep 20, 2006
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Perihelion Journal

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Sep 10, 2006
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

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Jan 17, 2006
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
Dec 6, 2005
Film Threat

...a leisurely paced film about introspection, neurosis and finding tranquility.

Full Review Source: www.kcactive.com | comment Comment
Jul 25, 2005
Uri Lessing
Uri Lessing
www.kcactive.com

Sideways is non-mainstream pretentiousness done right

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Jul 6, 2005
Mike Sage
Mike Sage
Peterborough This Week

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Jul 5, 2005
Bullz-Eye.com

A relentless and painfully funny critique of masculine pretense and selfishness, of which wine fetishism is the apotheosis.

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Jun 21, 2005
Leo Goldsmith
Leo Goldsmith
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Maintains a deft balance between breezy joviality and understated poignancy.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

Was "Sideways" worth the price of admission? Yes, but the overt sexual references make it hard for me to recommend it to anyone I might have to face later.

Full Review Source: Broomfield Enterprise | comment Comment
May 2, 2005
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Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
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