I think it would be fair to say that many if not most film lovers in the UK get annoyed with the American movie industry for wasting vast sums of money on overproduction, publicity and over paid stars.
Yet toiling away, almost unknown to most cinema-goers are directors and actors who produce exquisite gems like "Sideways". I thought it might be better than my favourite American film of recent times, "The Station Agent", but that would have been asking a little too much.
It did not have my total attention until about 5 minutes after the start when I became riveted with concentration. The cast was outstanding; I nearly said acted well, but they didn't seem to be acting at all, it was if someone was filming events as they happened.
Being a man, I was drooling over Virginia Madsen, if I am honest, but the two male leads were brilliant. It is always great to laugh at comedy, but the scene were the wallet is retrieved and the brief chase afterwards had the cinema helpless.
If the Oscars were distributed fairly, someone in this film deserved one.
Geoff Livesey
Yet toiling away, almost unknown to most cinema-goers are directors and actors who produce exquisite gems like "Sideways". I thought it might be better than my favourite American film of recent times, "The Station Agent", but that would have been asking a little too much.
It did not have my total attention until about 5 minutes after the start when I became riveted with concentration. The cast was outstanding; I nearly said acted well, but they didn't seem to be acting at all, it was if someone was filming events as they happened.
Being a man, I was drooling over Virginia Madsen, if I am honest, but the two male leads were brilliant. It is always great to laugh at comedy, but the scene were the wallet is retrieved and the brief chase afterwards had the cinema helpless.
If the Oscars were distributed fairly, someone in this film deserved one.
Geoff Livesey
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