Monday, January 31, 2005

Sideways

After watching Creep [sic] a film by the Waylan brothers would have been a relief. Forget I said that actually.

Sideways is a film by Alexander Payne who directed About Schmidt. It stars one of my favourite actors Paul Giamatti. It's a story about 2 men reaching a mid-life crisis, one of which is about to get married and another who has been divorced 2 years and has been in depression since the break up. Can you tell this is a black comedy?

They spend a week in California in an attempt to have a final bonding and blow out session before married life gets in the way.

I'll not give anything away because you should really go and see it. Suffice to say you'll laugh all the way to the bank and come away with a smile on your face.
There's some great little comedic moments, mostly involving wine. I just hope you're not a fan of Merlot.

I would give this 4 glasses out of 5.

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Blogger Donovan said...

Would that be Paul Giamatti of Thunderpants renown?

11:23 pm  
Blogger Phil said...

It certainly is. He's fantastic in Private Parts and American Splendor.

11:44 pm  

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