- Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release Date: Oct 22, 2004
- Starring: Paul Giamatti, Sandra Oh, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
- Summary: Two old friends setting off on a wine-tasting road trip...only to veer dizzily sideways into a wry, comedic exploration of the crazy vicissitudes of love and friendship, the damnable persistence of loneliness and dreams and the enduring war between Pinot and Cabernet. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
- Director: Alexander Payne
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 41 out of 42
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Mixed: 1 out of 42
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Negative: 0 out of 42
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100Hysterically funny yet melancholy comedy.
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100Pure movie bliss.
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80This is easily Payne's funniest film to date, yet the comedy never undercuts the difficult emotions with which the characters are dealing.
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60Alexander Payne's new movie, Sideways, makes you feel like you're trapped at dinner with a wiseass who's trying to convince you what a sensitive guy he is.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 218 out of 380
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Mixed: 43 out of 380
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Negative: 119 out of 380
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