MOVIE · 2004
Sideways
ComedyDramaRomance127 min
Miles Raymond heads to California wine country with his old friend Jack for a week of tastings before Jack's wedding, carrying a manuscript no one wants and a mood he can't shake. Paul Giamatti is Miles, a middle-school teacher and stalled novelist; Thomas Haden Church's Jack, a former actor still chasing attention, treats the trip as one last bachelor escape. As they make their way through Santa Barbara County, vineyard stops, golf detours, and two new romantic entanglements push the trip away from its plan and deeper into the frustrations of friendship, middle age, and starting over.
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