Nope..I havent..I cant seem to find it in any theater around me in a 50 mile area. Is this movie being shut out by other current movies?
When I called my local cinema to inquire the lady wasnt even familiar with the movie and said she thinks it might be just a straight to DVD sort of thing. ...I guess I will have to go to Boston or NYC..If I really want to see it.

I saw the trailer and thought it was awful.

Then again, when I saw Sideways, I thought it was awful also...

Looks like it's only being shown by the smaller 'artsy' cinema groups such as Landmark.

Here's a map of cinemas showing it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914797/cinemashowtimes

I actually saw it in Toronto over the weekend. It rained Saturday and after shopping, we caught a 4:10 showing. My wife liked it, and it was 'neat', but overall, I thought that it was kind of.... boring. The vineyards were cool, and the scenery was nice, but the story itself was kind of simple and seemed thrown together and choppy. I found myself looking at my watch several times just because I was ready to go and, knowing the ending, knew that we were not that close to the end yet.

It was an okay movie, but I can see why it didn't get picked up by a large production house. This is not really going to appeal to wine people, and as just a movie, it ain't that good.

Dale

I'll be glad when it finally goes to DVD. That way maybe I can visit a wine forum without having to view 15 threads on this freaking movie.

It opens in wider release today.

As a wine buff, you'll probably enjoy it...as a movie, it's pretty bad - poor plotting, editing character development etc.

Alan Rickman is great...but, Spurrier was 32 at the time, Rickman is 60. So don't expect historical accuracy.

All the actual reviews I've read have panned it. And these are written by non-winos.
I'll rent the dvd when it comes to my local $1 Red Box machine, then skip past every scene without Rickman.

Just came to mpls this weekend and it was only listed at one theatre.

I just got home from watching the movie. I found it to be fun and entertaining, although it isn't likely to be nominated for any awards of any type.

If it is important to you to have all of the historical details be precise and correct, in order for you to be entertained, this might not be the movie for you.

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Originally posted by wineismylife:
I'll be glad when it finally goes to DVD. That way maybe I can visit a wine forum without having to view 15 threads on this freaking movie.

Agreed.

Ok, I couldn't keep away, and we saw it this afternoon. One word: Gaaaahhhhh!

Stay away from this dog; but that, of course won't keep many of us from seeing it.

Spoiler alert below (sort of):

Rickman was the best part of the movie. Each one of his scenes was a vehicle for his fussiness. There's so much to laugh at (not with) in this flick, from the dialogue, "that's not fair, it's a recent vintage!" being uttered by a barfly during a high stakes hustle of 'can the Mexican guess the varietal,' to scenes that should have been left on the hard-drive, like a pointless fight with a trucker that doesn't give you any more information than hippies live in Northern California.

Sure, there's a love interest, played by a prideful gal who doesn't seem to notice ten guys sitting ten feet away watching her clean out a tank with a leaky garden hose.

I could go on, and on, and on, but basically: Bad script, plodding and predictable direction, it's supposed to be a feel good movie, but there's nothing good about losing eight dollars.

And, does Napa magically transform into France when some Citroens are parked next to the live oak trees?

And, I'm not a winemaker, but does well made Chard. turn brown for a day or two after bottling, then magically turn back to light amber? Huh?

I plan to see this movie this week. I am surprised no one else on the forums is talking about the movie.

We will be going to the theater tomorrow night to see...Tropic Thunder.

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And, I'm not a winemaker, but does well made Chard. turn brown for a day or two after bottling, then magically turn back to light amber? Huh?

Apparently the explanation delivered in the film by Bradley Whitford's (Josh Lyman in The West Wing) character is technically possible: ie. that a white bottled without any exposure to oxygen can turn temporarily brown.

I could easily be wrong on that though - any more learned members out there want to correct me on this?

However, Mike Grgich - the winemaker at Ch. Montelena (and barely a bit-player in the terrible Bottle Shock) in the 70's has always denied this ever took place with the 1973 Chard.

The book was a really good read, but I don't see how that could translate into a good movie... very educational, but there is just not enough material to make a movie about it.

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Originally posted by Mimik:
...I am surprised no one else on the forums is talking about the movie.

I guess you haven't paid attention:

http://forums.winespectator.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6826053161/m/106103435

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Originally posted by Poquelin:

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Originally posted by Mimik:
...I am surprised no one else on the forums is talking about the movie.

I guess you haven't paid attention:

http://forums.winespectator.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6826053161/m/106103435

I guess you haven't understood sarcasm...

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... I guess you haven't understood sarcasm...

I guess I didn't

It's a fun movie for a wine lover, although it is rather slow and has a number of innacuaracies. But definitely go see it, unless you have a bottle up your you know what.

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Originally posted by kpfoley:
It's a fun movie for a wine lover, although it is rather slow and has a number of innacuaracies. But definitely go see it, unless you have a bottle up your you know what.

What are some other movies you enjoy?