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 enlarge | Director: Alexander Payne
Actors: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Marylouise Burke
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  518 reviews
Sales Rank: 2469
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: Armenian (Original Language), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 127
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 024543175780
UPC: 024543175780
EAN: 0024543175780
ASIN: B0007TKOAA
Theatrical Release Date: January 21, 2005
Release Date: April 5, 2005
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Condition: Brand New Jewel Case / DVD Good Condition, some surface scuffs - plays fine / Artwork Excellent Condition
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Sideways glance at Sideways June 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
a good movie, but not as great as people said it was when it first came out
I'm prudish enuf to have been shocked by the nudity, isn't that funny?
 Not worth it May 31, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The hype for this movie didn't live up to the expectations, I turned it off in the middle.
 4 1/2! I Loved this movie but it isn't for everyone May 16, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Sideways" based on the novel "Sideways: A Novel" by Rex Pickett. Directed by Alexander Payne.
Miles (Paul Giamatti) is the guy that just can't seem to win. He is something of a middle aged Charlie Brown. He is in what appears to be an unfulfilling career as a school teacher and he has recently gotten divorced. Miles last hope for redemption in life is that his novel will get published which is currently being shopped around by his agent. Miles can't worry about that now though because his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) is about to get married and Miles plans to take Jack out to wine country as a sort of one on one bachelor party. Miles has plans of a week long low key male bonding trip but Jack has different plans. Jack envisions a week of chasing women and cutting loose and the contrasting bachelor party ideas collide as the two head out to wine country...
"Sideways" is not for everyone but I loved this movie. Although classified as a comedy I think of this as more of a character examination movie. Sideways is a character driven movie and is primarily about Miles as he attempts to deal with the shambles he feels his life has become while at the same time trying to be a gracious host to Jack as Jack stomps all over Miles plans for their week in wine Country. As you watch you see Miles go through an emotional roller coaster ride as he deals with Jack who is almost his polar opposite, tries to get over his ex wife and looks for something positive to hope for in the future as he indulges in the last thing he truly enjoys which is drinking good wine.
The Good: The acting all around was great. Paul Giamatti was absolutely perfect for the Miles character and Thomas Haden Church was a perfect to play off of Gimatti's Miles and the character dynamic between the 2 was great. You can't help but to pull for Miles as runs into one pitfall after another usually created by Jack.
The score for this movie was superbly done. The music perfectly accents Miles and his moods and feelings. With the combination of Gimatti's acting and the score I felt like I knew exactly what was going on in Miles' head.
The Bad: Nothing memorable.
Overall: This is not for everyone so be warned. This is not an overtly funny movie even though it is labeled as a comedy. If you want to watch a movie about interesting characters and don't require big explosions or slap stick comedy then pick up Sideways and give it a try.
 Best movie since Midnight Run April 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't know why such a large amount of people don't like this movie. I guess it's not for everyone. I'm tempted to say, "If you don't like this, you're an idiot!"... but I can't say that... I guess.
This movie is slow, but well-paced, and I think to get the most of it you have to be able to identify with Miles (Giamatti), because this is his story. If you're like Jack (Church) - completely happy and carefree, fun, superficial, shallow and immoral - you probably won't get the movie. But if you're like Miles and you've struggled with off-the-beaten-path ambitions, anxiety, heartbreak, sexual frustration, etc., you're at the center of this comedy and you can really appreciate how it seems to "nail" the subtleties of life in such a lighthearted, humorous way. It's a pleasure to see the contrast between the complicated, depressed Miles, and the simple, happy Jack. I'm not sure Sideways is a movie that women will really appreciate, even though there are significant female roles... they're just more of a backdrop for the Miles and Jack characters and their dysfunctional "buddy" adventure.
The scene where Miles summons the nerve to get out of bed and visit Mia at the Hitching Post, ends up ordering an entire bottle of wine, finds out she's not working, drinks the whole bottle by himself, stumbles home tanked? GENIUS.
Achingly boring April 12, 2008
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
First just let me start off by saying that I own this movie. I bought it for a buck on here. But I bought after I watched it with a friend, and not only that, I bought it knowing full well that I absolutely despise this movie. I loathe this film. The characters are meaningless, so meaningless that the entire film with such sincerity totally nails what it is to possess absolutely no life in the real world. The characters are also pretty disgusting and pathetic, especially the male ones and it makes no sense to have a movie about 2 men who aren't entertaining, aren't lovable, and who aren't interesting whatsoever. As a young woman, I couldn't believe the obnoxious message this movie was cramming down my throat, in fact this movie seems to succeed in making one feel pretty awful and unclean. But that's just the thing...this movie is just so real in its utter awfulness. I felt such raw hate for it that I had to buy it - 1) because it elicited such strong disgust and abject hatred and 2) because I am happy to have found a movie that perfectly exemplifies just how terrible, inferior, and worthless a movie can possibly be.
In short, don't bother with this until you need to get pissed off for whatever chooses to afflict you at the time.
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