Sideways (2004)
96 %
Reviews Counted: 207 Fresh: 199 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 8.5/10
Consensus:
An emotional and heartfelt comedy.
Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 22, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $71,444,367
Synopsis: A wine tasting road trip to salute Jack’s (Thomas Haden Church) final days as a bachelor careens woefully sideways as he and Miles (Paul Giamatti) 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... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, M.C. Gainey
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11/01/07
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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.
09/07/07
The year's second best movie about broken and lonely people (after Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).
10/11/06
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.
09/27/06
Giamatti handily raises what could've been a pedestrian road trip romance into the stratosphere of a world-class character study
09/20/06
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01/17/06
Maya is a perfect fit for Madsen, smart, sexy, down-to-earth, vividly alive just beneath a placid surface.
09/16/05
...a leisurely paced film about introspection, neurosis and finding tranquility.
07/25/05
A relentless and painfully funny critique of masculine pretense and selfishness, of which wine fetishism is the apotheosis.
06/21/05
Maintains a deft balance between breezy joviality and understated poignancy.
05/04/05
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.
05/02/05
The underdevelopment of some characters can be attributed to an overriding decision to caricaturize the subjects of the film.
04/17/05
Payne and Taylor excel at getting underneath these tough exteriors and portray these people for what they are, warts and all.
04/13/05
'La fortaleza del filme se encuentra en el enorme respeto que Payne muestra por sus personajes, así como en un estupendo elenco como el que pocas veces se puede juntar'
04/04/05
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