Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
This isn't the sort of road comedy we're used to seeing. Its humor is more likely to provoke smiles and light chuckles than guffaws.
– Eric Harrison,
Houston Chronicle,
12 Nov 2004
fresh:
Payne has made a movie for the same sorts of people, one with body and 'nose' and character that movie lovers will savor long after the credits have rolled.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Nov 2004
fresh:
Intelligent, funny and moving.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
21 May 2005
fresh:
Sideways stays resolutely life-size. And that, in this age of hype and hyperventilation, may be the most radical thing about it.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
1 Nov 2007
rotten:
Payne does know how to capture two kinds of male menopause. But I can't say he ever surprised me.