Sideways (2004)

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	Year of first release: 2004
	Director: Alexander Payne (About Schmidt)
	Actors: Paul Giamatti (Lady in the Water, John Dies at the End), Thomas Haden Church (Spiderman 3), Virginia Madsen (Candyman)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama, Romance
	Conditions of visioning: 02.10.2016, inflight entertainment, 10" tablet screen
Synopsis: Two friends (Giamatti, Haden Church), travel through California's wine country for a long week-end before one of them is getting married.
Review: Sideways belongs to a register I am not used to watch (real-life Drama), but I was curious, and it stars the actor I like Paul Giamatti (Saving Private Ryan, American Splendor, Lady in the Water, Cosmopolis, John Dies at the End) and Thomas Haden Church that I knew only from Spiderman 3. It can also be seen as a road-trip, a buddy movie or a romance. And a movie revolving about food or wine has to be seen! Its most interesting characteristic is realism. It was very interesting to watch the two friends with different life stories dealing in their own way with them. In fact those lives are driven by their relationship with women: one divorced and badly living it, the other about to be married but questioning this choice. Their stories are realistic, their behavior and the choices they make also, and their looks as well: no effort is made to make the actors look too good. Sideways really felt authentic, with a modern life story to share.
Rating: 7 /10