Two middle aged men (Paul Giamatti) and (Thomas Haden Church)go on a wine tasting tour around California for a week before one of them is to get married.
From the reviews I had read I was expecting a special comedy from the director of the masterful 'About Schmidt'. I was completely let down, as this was incredibly dull, dreary, over long and most importantly not funny. The acting was fine, the direction good and the film techniques used were generally satisfactory, but the story and characters where highly irritating and unimpressive. After half an hour I was looking forward to the end credits rolling up and getting out of the cinema swiftly.
Perhaps this film appeals more to older people who might be able to identify with the two characters desperation's, anxieties and middle age idiosyncrasies. For me this picture was about two pathetic characters that I was unable to empathize with, find amusing or find interesting. In addition the whole wine tasting/expertise jargon was pure nonsense, highly pretentious and a complete bore after a short while.
Really unenjoyable, I have no idea what the appeal of this film is to people, it was unfunny, depressing and a waste of my time.
From the reviews I had read I was expecting a special comedy from the director of the masterful 'About Schmidt'. I was completely let down, as this was incredibly dull, dreary, over long and most importantly not funny. The acting was fine, the direction good and the film techniques used were generally satisfactory, but the story and characters where highly irritating and unimpressive. After half an hour I was looking forward to the end credits rolling up and getting out of the cinema swiftly.
Perhaps this film appeals more to older people who might be able to identify with the two characters desperation's, anxieties and middle age idiosyncrasies. For me this picture was about two pathetic characters that I was unable to empathize with, find amusing or find interesting. In addition the whole wine tasting/expertise jargon was pure nonsense, highly pretentious and a complete bore after a short while.
Really unenjoyable, I have no idea what the appeal of this film is to people, it was unfunny, depressing and a waste of my time.