Rented the film to watch on my MacBook.
Read some background on the film and Paul Giamatti was offered a small role in the movie. He turned it down and criticized the Japanese actor cast in his original part as a strange little troll...
Giamatti, son of the late baseball commissioner who banned Pete Rose from baseball is about 5'8 @ best. A little troll in my book who takes himself too seriously...
Instead of Santa Barbera, the film takes place in Napa Valley. Stag's Leap is one of the wineries featured in this SIDEWAYS.
The Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi featured in BABEL has a supporting role. Kikuchi was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for BABEL. She reminds me of golfer Michelle Wie...
The Japanese actors don't speak English well enough to sell that the've been living in the States for a long period of time...
And the two male leads aren't very good looking... Although original leads- Giamatti has a face only a mother would love and Thomas Haden Church isn't what I'd categorize as classically handsome.
The other female lead is Kyoka Suzuki and she's pretty in my book.
SIDEWAYS(2009 ) is beautifully filmed using Napa Valley as its canvas. Overall, it's an entertaining film that isn't anywhere as good as the original.
I was impressed that the budget for the movie was only $3M. Whereas the original was made for $16M and grossed $109M.
And another thing- merlot isn't trashed in this version. It's Pinot Noir vs Cabernet Sauvignon.
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