Sideways (Widescreen Edition) (2005)

Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
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Release Date: April 5, 2005
Running Time: 123

Entertaining, nothing more.
Sideways is an entertaining but vastly overrated film about the pleasures of life and wine. A first-rate cast deliver good, but not extraordinary performances in this tale about two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, who... more

Strong Acting, Character Development and Dialogue
love movies like Sideways for many reasons. One may be that I will never see a commemorative Sideways bottle of wine or the Sideways happy meal at McDonald's. My point is that Sideways is a great movie and nothing more. It doesn't rely on blockbuster... more

Woah - might hit a nerve if you're a grown up.
Reiterating the plot of "Sideways" will not do it justice. This movie is really about the anxiety of discontent that only grows with age. Two guys take a trip through wine country with some rather uninspired goals. One is about to be married but is... more

Funny, yet stinging comedy
When I watched Sideways, it was in a pretty diverse movie theater audience. And there was lots of laughter, throughout the movie. But it wasnt the kind of hearty belly-laugh, but more of a nervous chuckle. It's like, "Wow, these guys are losers, but wow,... more

Great film with great performances
A bittersweet, but ultimately very satisfying comedy, Sideways boasted some of the best performances of the year in a story set in the beautiful California wine country. Unfortunately, early reviews of the DVD release on a number of sites are taking... more

Savor The Moment With a Barrel of Laughs
Movies do not always move in a straight line. Sideways is the type of a movie that attempts, and succeeds at taking the movie towards an unpredictable direction where the characters are in control of the plot and their destination. They make the decisions,... more

Waste of time
This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I accidently sat down in Hitch, and about a half hour later, wish I had stayed in Hitch. With the exception of 2 or 3 funny parts, it was horrible. I have never walked out on a movie, but I was real... more

Welcome to life in LA (post 9/11)
What are ordinary people in the San-San conurbation really like? Well take a look at Sideways and you get a snapshot.

American TV watchers will recognise the actors, but to most of us they are 'unknowns' which lends the characters they play... more

Funny, sentimental, and it lingers
First let me tell you that I'm one of those who finds "wine connoisseurs" to be pompous and arrogant. However, this film was anything but. Very down to earth, very comical and veridical. The characters are easy to relate to, and the story line is very... more

An utter joy to watch
If you are looking for a great wine movie I recommend SIDEWAYS which was up for a lot of 2005 Oscars.It is about a couple men, middle age, one a somewhat bitter divorced guy, the other soon to be married, who basically take a last fling trip that is... more

Pinot Noir Rules!
For all of us wine lovers, this was a great movie. I absolutely loved it. We live here in the Napa Valley, so of course wine is our lives. It was nice to see a movie with such passion and knowledge for wine.

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For wine lovers and non-wine lovers alike
Sideways is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Buddy movies are sometimes mindless, but this is more of an "intellectual" buddy movie. For those who have recently been to Wine Country (as I have), it is a must-see, as it makes you just want... more

Wine is simply a metaphor about life
I liked this film for it's use of wine aa a metaphor for life's uncertainties, vulnerabilities, and unpredicableness.

Miles is depressed, and like his favourite wine, pinot, is seeking perfection, whether it be getting his book published,... more

Great Movie
Sideways is one of the best films made in a long time. The wonderful character actors just add so much depth and realism to the script - its amazing. And the script is funny and interesting. Just looking at the countryside in the Wine Contry is wonderful.... more

Two guys and a lot of bottles of whine!
Thank you for making this slice of life movie about two friends who go on a "wine tasting" road trip and discover the truth about themselves and their relationships with women. It was warm, humorous, sad, hysterical and a little slow. Just like a rollercoaster.... more

Not a comedy
Jack is about to be married, but decides to go on one last fling and essentially drags Miles along. It's not that Miles dislikes the destination - wine country - when in fact Miles is a wine connoseur and frequents the wine country. Jack is using Miles... more

Quench your thirst for a quirky comedy
Struggling author and wine connoisseur Miles (Paul Giamatti) performs his duty of being "best man" by taking his friend Jack on a week-long trek through through wine country the week before his wedding. "Sideways" brings as us along with the two men,... more

Are You A Knuckle-Dragger? Then Don't See This Film, Please
Middle-aged Miles' (Paul Giamatti) life isn't going forward. And it isn't going backwards either. His life is going "Sideways".

Miles is headed to No-wheresville. He's a failed writer, has a messed up friendship with a nearly washed-up actor... more

Giamatti and Haden Church go Sideways
Paul Giamatti (American Splendor, Storytelling) plays Miles, a man whose passion is wine and writing novels and Thomas Haden Church (Rolling Kansas, George Of The Jungle) plays Jack, a soon to be married man. Giamatti and Haden Church go take a little... more

ENTERTAING AND INTROSPECTIVE, BUT THE RIGHT ACTORS WON OSCAR
Listening to Virginia Madsen describe what drinking wine makes her think about made me wish I had a glass in my hand while I was watching. Church was hilarious as a morally ambivilent buddy, but MILLION DOLLAR BABY earned the awards it won and there... more

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