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Sideways (2004)

Possibly the most overrated movie in the history of film

I was so excited to see this movie. After all, how many comedies get nominated for a "Best Picture" Oscar? Well, apparently one too many. Not only was this movie nothing like I expected it to be, it wasn't even funny! I sat through the whole thing, just waiting to see if it ever got good, or at the very least, interesting.

It didn't.

Neither of the male leads is the least bit likable. Thomas Hayden Church's character sleeps around in spite of his upcoming wedding--and gets away with it, even going so far as to wreck his best friend's car to cover for himself. Not only that, Paul Giamatti (a complete loser himself) goes along with it all.

Ugh, not to mention the eye bleedingly wretched sex scenes.

In the end, this movie had only one redeeming quality: Virginia Madsen. She was absolutely luminous in this role, and a talented enough actress to actually convince me she LIKED Paul Giamatti's Eeyore-esque lame-o.

I am honestly stumped as to what all the fuss is about. This movie was painful to sit through. The best part was when Church's character got the crap beat out of him when his new "girl on the side" (Sandra Oh) found out he was getting married. That was great.