The Vintner's Luck Reviews

Wonderful photography, dreamy, captivating music, but also a bit slow and parts muddled. The supernatural part gets a bit too much for my taste. But still worth a watch if you want to see something different.

Well-made, though sometimes you have to fill in some of the details.

A very moving picture also known as "A Heavenly Vintage"

This film, which transports us to 19th century France, is so beautiful in so many ways. It seeps in and touches you with the delicacy of a fine wine. The pace of it let's you digest each moment and allows you to linger in a wonderful world of passion, desire, spiritedness as well as death and anguish. Which is why I loved the film so much...the duality of it. It's not like your typical Hollywood movie in which one thing or another is forced onto you. The film takes you on a journey where you can think about, and more importantly feel the duality of life...the duality of your own life. It awakens an understanding within yourself through the characters and script.
The acting is superb...Vera Farmiga is at her best and Keisha Castle-Hughes has become a fierce woman with such raw vibrancy I was wishing for more of her.
The script takes the kind of turns and risks you can only hope for when watching a film. Filled with such feeling and thought it's a tale that lingers on long after leaving the theater....isn't that what art is all about.

This is a wonderful film and a sweeping love letter to passion. No boxed wine allowed when sitting down to enjoy this movie. Splurge on a big, fat, earthy red and indulge in both.