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| Director
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Alexander Payne |
| Starring
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Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden
Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh |
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| The plot of
Sideways |
A
divorced middle school teacher and failed novelist
(Giamatti) takes him altar-bound pal (Church)
on a wine-tasting trip in California. |
| Sideways Movie
Review |
Reviewed by
STEVEN SNYDER'S :
'Sideways’ journey is really a chronicle of expressions:
A forced smile, a frustrated grimace, a desperate stare
and an optimistic grin.
This is the story of a midlife crisis happening in real
time, and the final breakthrough that can only occur
when someone has seen and embraced complete despair.
Miles (Paul Giamatti) is that man the lonely high school
teacher who we meet as a wine connoisseur but come to
understand as a dejected, heartbroken alcoholic. He
is divorced, has failed at becoming a published writer,
but is trying to put on his happiest face for a week-long
trip into California’s wine country. .
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Review By Ray Wong :
“Two men reaching middle age with not
much to show for but disappointments embark on a week-long
road trip through California's wine country, just as
one is about to take a trip down the altar.” That’s
the premise of SIDEWAYS. It doesn’t sound like
much -- boring, actually -- but the film, an Indie that
is doing rounds in the award circles, transcends the
road-trip genre and delivers something raw and real.
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Reviewed by George Wu :
When under-utilized actors suddenly shine as bright
as any star in the firmament, is it the director, the
script, or the actors themselves who are responsible?
The answer is probably all three. Whatever the case,
after already lengthy careers, Paul Giamatti (American
Splendor), Thomas Haden Church (Tombstone) and Virgina
Madsen (Crossfire Trail) all give the best performances
of their lives in Sideways, the new film from writer-director
Alexander Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor, the team responsible
for Election and About Schmidt..
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