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  • Actors: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
  • Directors: Alexander Payne
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 16 May 2005
  • Run Time: 122 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (121 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007RUSGW
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,470 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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With Sideways, Paul Giamatti (American Splendor, Storytelling) has become an unlikely but engaging romantic lead. Struggling novelist and wine connoisseur Miles (Giamatti) takes his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church, Wings) on a wine-tasting tour of California vineyards for a kind of extended bachelor party. Almost immediately, Jack's insatiable need to sow some wild oats before his marriage leads them in into double-dates with a rambunctious wine pourer (Sandra Oh, Under the Tuscan Sun) and a recently divorced waitress (Virginia Madsen, The Hot Spot)--and Miles discovers a little hope that he hasn't let himself feel in a long time. Sideways is a modest but finely tuned film; with gentle compassion, it explores the failures, struggles, and lowered expectations of mid-life. Giamatti makes regret and self-loathing sympathetic, almost sweet. From the director of Election and About Schmidt. --Bret Fetzer

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Following ABOUT SCHMIDT and ELECTION, Alexander Payne once again focuses on the comedy of personal tragedy in the hilarious and poignant SIDEWAYS. Paul Giamatti (AMERICAN SPLENDOR) plays Miles, the film's antihero, a failed author and self-defeatist who still pines for his ex-wife, who divorced him years before. Meanwhile, Miles's old friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) is getting married, and the two set off on a bachelors' road trip through California wine country. While Miles looks forward to male bonding over the best bottles the vineyards can offer, Jack is a playful philanderer who just wants to get laid. Thus, this fortysomething odd couple find themselves in conflict, leading to a chaotic week of disagreements, miscast romance with some local women (Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh), and eventually, total meltdown. Payne's artistic direction and excellent character construction will have viewers reeling with laughter, while also feeling true compassion for these two easy-to-read buddies. The film offers beautiful photography of the California countryside, some unique insight into the wine industry, and a soundtrack featuring tunes by Luna, Pat Travers, Bonnie Raitt, and others. Viewers will come away from SIDEWAYS with a smile on their faces, and a thirst for a nice glass of Pinot Noir.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars superb acting, 11 Sep 2006
By S. Horne - See all my reviews
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I agree with another reviewer, you do have to have lived a little to fully appreciate this film. If you have ever experienced rocky highs and lows, then you may well find something here for you. You don't have to be male to appreciate the struggles and poignancy contained herein.

All the characters are simply superb. Anyone who has felt on an emotional rollercoaster for whatever reason, will be able to feel for, as well as laugh with, the character Miles, who is played so superbly here. There is plenty of pathos and laughter to be found here, and the ridiculousness of the human condition is laid bare without the usual Hollywood gloss. Virginia Madsen is also simply wonderful in this. I finished watching this with a real regret that I would see no more of these wonderfully flawed and rich characters.

There are many moments in this film that are funny. The humour is in a recognition of our own humanity at best and worst. To see Miles (Giamatti) act as a man on the edge is a joy to behold. His loss and rejection reflects the difficulties we all face, and I like that the film deals with this in a very `un-Hollywood' way. How one moment we can lose it and feel utter despair, but, how we can be coaxed out of this a few minutes later by a good friend to feel something encroaching on normality again. This is a film that I will gladly watch again and again.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars slowly grows on you, 10 Sep 2006
By Mr. P. Leach "paulleach4" (Kent England) - See all my reviews
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I nearly switched this film off after the first hour,but I was glad that I stayed with it. This is a film of two halves, the first is wrapped up with the main charactors discussing types of wine or grapes which was semi educational but a little tedious, but the second half became really interesting. If you are over forty, you will enjoy this film, because like the charactors you will have suffered the ups and downs that life throws at you.

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars IT WAS FUN!, 2 May 2005
By Val De Beer "Val De Beer" - See all my reviews
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I didn't know what to expect, either, from this movie, but a number of my friends had told me that it was good, so I went to see it and - it was fun!

There was some excellent acting, particularly from Paul Giamatti, as Miles, who although he knows about wine and is very happy to impart his knowledge to Jack, (Thomas Haden Church), is constantly being put down and manipulated until his tenuous hold on his confidence is almost all gone. I loved one incident on the golf course, where Miles asserts himself and you just want to cheer.

Virginia Madsen as Maya, and Sandra Oh as Stephanie were delightfully relaxed as actors with no pretentiousness or artificiality. There were some amazing moments of humour and a bit of pathos to be sure, but the element of fun was there all the time and in all, it was an uplifting movie which cheered us up by the end, after we had suffered with Miles through all the trials which came his way.

Buy it, sit down and just relax!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Honest to goodness filmmaking!
Have already seen this film at least seven times and it keeps getting better each time...
Subtle humor, great performances, excellent script and wine! Read more
Published 28 days ago by C. Charalambous

1.0 out of 5 stars Rubbish
One of the least amusing and most pointless pieces of boring claptrap I have ever had to sit through.
Published 3 months ago by Mr. B. M. Burton

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good vintage
Great road movie about two buddies on a pre-wedding tour of the californian vineyards. One is a depressed teacher/ frustrated author who is haunted by the failure of his own... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mike Hunt

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't wake me until its over
I bought this because of the reviews on the cover. It looked funny. I swear I actually checked the right film was in the box after watching it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dave

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Film Worthy Of Repeated Viewing
I can understand how this film has split so many reviewers, it is not for everyone. It happens to be my favourite film, every time I look at it I get something new from the story... Read more
Published 6 months ago by William Whelan

1.0 out of 5 stars Dreadful
The problem is films sometimes get so over-hyped its tempting to go along with the flow. The closest i can come to a balanced review is to recognise that the actors did their... Read more
Published 6 months ago by squeeze

1.0 out of 5 stars if I could rate this zero stars then I would
sideways has recieved many good reviews but i must write this as a warning to anybody thinking of buying this film. the characters are completely unlikable. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. G. A. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Wine and Golf interesting? erh yes...
Two floored characters, a teacher and an actor, go on a week's holiday of wine and golf to "kickback" before one gets wed. Read more
Published 14 months ago by M. Boost

4.0 out of 5 stars Real soul and emotion
Miles Raymond: "This week is not about me. It is about you. I'm gonna show you a good time. We're gonna drink a lot of good wine. We're gonna play some golf. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Brendan O. Clarke

1.0 out of 5 stars Like marmite. I hate marmite. 0 stars
I decided watch this film off the strength of the glowing reviews and praise for this film. I had also seen 'About Schmidt' a film that I enjoyed from the same director and... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. Nicholas J. Hughes

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