It's a performance (Giamatti's) so nuanced and so real in its everyday pain that it doesn't stand a chance of winning an Oscar. But it should.Read Full Review »
In Sideways, Payne has created four of the most lived-in, indelible characters in recent American movies. This deliciously bittersweet movie makes magic out of the quotidian.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
This is a building-block movie: Its stand-out excellence becomes apparent only gradually.Read Full Review »
The characters are played not by the first actors you would think of casting, but by actors who will prevent you from ever being able to imagine anyone else in their roles.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Exactly written, directed with a surgeon's precision and transcendently acted, Sideways brings emotional reality to a consistently amusing character comedy, making it something to be cherished like the delicate Santa Ynez Valley wines that are the story's vivid backdrop.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Teresa Wiltz
There's not a false note here, and the entire supporting cast -- is uniformly excellent.Read Full Review »
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