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Sideways Reviews - Metacritic
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  • 2004
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 2 h 6 m

Summary Two old friends set off on a wine-tasting road trip...only to veer dizzily sideways into a wry, comedic exploration of the crazy vicissitudes of love and friendship, the damnable persistence of loneliness and dreams and the enduring war between Pinot and Cabernet. [Fox Searchlight Pictures]

Directed By: Alexander Payne

Written By: Rex Pickett, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

  • 2004
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 2 h 6 m

Sideways

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 42 Critic Reviews
must-see
94
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 367 User Ratings
7.6
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Summary Two old friends set off on a wine-tasting road trip...only to veer dizzily sideways into a wry, comedic exploration of the crazy vicissitudes of love and friendship, the damnable persistence of loneliness and dreams and the enduring war between Pinot and Cabernet. [Fox Searchlight Pictures]

Directed By: Alexander Payne

Written By: Rex Pickett, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 42 Critic Reviews
94
98% Positive
41 Reviews
2% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 42 Critic Reviews
94
98% Positive
41 Reviews
2% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
Brilliantly observed characters are becoming second nature to Payne and Taylor, and the performances here are uniformly terrific. This is wonderful, original stuff.
By Dan Jolin FULL REVIEW
100
The characters are played not by the first actors you would think of casting, but by actors who will prevent you from ever being able to imagine anyone else in their roles.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
100
This is a building-block movie: Its stand-out excellence becomes apparent only gradually.
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
100
Sweetest, funniest, most humane movie I've seen all year.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
90
A warm, ingratiating, and fitfully hilarious epicurean road movie with a steady ache-an ache like a red-wine hangover.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
88
It's likely that 2004 won't offer a better movie about a mid-life crisis.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
60
Alexander Payne's new movie, Sideways, makes you feel like you're trapped at dinner with a wiseass who's trying to convince you what a sensitive guy he is.
By Charles Taylor FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 367 User Ratings
7.6
77% Positive
283 Ratings
16% Mixed
59 Ratings
7% Negative
25 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 367 User Ratings
7.6
77% Positive
283 Ratings
16% Mixed
59 Ratings
7% Negative
25 Ratings

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Production Company Fox Searchlight Pictures, Michael London Productions, Sideways Productions Inc.
Release Date Oct 22, 2004
Duration 2 h 6 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves.
Website http://www.foxsearchlight.com/sideways/
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations

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