Bottle Shock

The movie didn't seem to know what it wanted to be about, or perhaps it wanted to be about too many things. Rickman and the theme of finding good American wines in the 70s for a European wine competition is terribly... Full review

A charming movie about wine and finding love. It is definately worth it to go see the movie. It makes you want to go to Napa and grow your own winery.... Full review

This is not a good movie…for many reasons: poor script, bad conception, spotty acting, incompetent technical delivery, etc. etc. We only saw this turkey because there was a mix-up (oops! on IMDb) in the theatre schedule which meant we would have... Full review

Great acting, solid dialogue-- the score fit beautifully with the scenery and the mood of the film. There were a couple of story points that could have been developed a little better and a couple of editing gaffes-- but nothing major.... Full review

I can't believe this is really a "True" story, in that I can't believe the characters. It is as though the winning wine was by accident, only. I thought a highlight of the show was Brambila and his passionate description of... Full review

Sorry folks, but I had some real problems with the movie. I thought the cinematography and audio were great. However, I was not happy with the writing and directing. I didn't find Bill Pullman's character very believable. They just tried too... Full review

How they managed to take a good story and make it into trash is pretty amazing. Not one of the characters was likeable, the conversations were awful, and many scenes were flat-out annoying. If you have any intelligence, this movie will... Full review

Nice historical, behind the scene, movie about wine making and the rise of California wine industry. Alan Rickman is great, and it's worth seeing the French snobs get theirs. This is a entertaining venture into the intriguing world of grapes and... Full review

This movie unfortunately has not one iota to compare with Sideways in case anyone is telling you such bull... the script is slow, trite and only has one part that is fairly interesting which is the fact about the blind tasting... Full review

Alan Rickman is nothing short of wonderful, Dennis Farina is charming, the visuals were a delight. Personally, I enjoyed every moment of this fine little indie film.... Full review

Stealth Entertainment: Bottle Shock....It does this with a truly odd cast of characters that blend beautifully.....There is a veritable treasure trove of film out there....Bottle Shock is a wry and amusing look at California wine culture in the early '70s.....Okay, before I go any farther, that is not only a GREAT cast, it is truly eclectic..... ... Full Review

But this is a charming triumph-of-the-underdog flick, and mostly for one reason:....I don't mean to belittle the rest of the film by focusing on Rickman....Yet everything about Bottle Shock is a treat.....Smart and sassy, Bottle Shock is no delicate vintage to be sipped, but a big hearty gulp of cinema.....But more and this is where the film ascends to realms of real cinematic joy Rickman's Spurrier is willing to be wrong.... ... Full Review

there are two engaging subplots involving the charismatic Rachael Taylor (Sam), hunky Chris Pine (Bo) and impressive Gustavo (Freddy Rodriguez) whose passion for making wine is addictive.....By necessity compressed and a tad simplistic, Bottle Shock is nevertheless satisfying.....Bill Pullman and Chris Pine are surprisingly effective as father and son who clash....find resolution, Rachael Taylor is lovely and likeable....Alexander Payne's Sideways sang the praises of the complicated Pinot back in 2004, so B ... Full Review

By necessity compressed and a tad simplistic, Bottle Shock is nevertheless satisfying..... ... Full Review

The real Steven Spurrier has disowned the movie.....BOTTLE SHOCK is a genial, sun-kissed wine comedy set in the Napa Valley of California in the 1970s.....Director Randall Miller has made a number of ordinary comedies before this one but he gets his teeth into this subject.....Any movie in which Alan Rickman makes use of his glum English sarcasm is off to a good start..... ... Full Review

But as we all know, a great cast means nothing without a great story, and Bottle Shock has one. And as with all great stories, it starts with Alan Rickman's character. ... Full Article

I'd hoped that after Sideways hit theatres in 2004 (with its blend of grapes, gripes and full frontal male nudity) we'd see more flicks about wine. ... Full Article

I finally bought the DVD of "Bottle Shock" this past weekend and as a lapsed wine lover and "Sideways" fan, I was very excited to see the film. ... Full Article

Julie Rigg Alan Rickman plays a European wine snob who travels from Paris to the Napa Valley in the seventies in search of wines to compete against the best French in a blind tasting by the top French wine critics. ... Full Article

This breezy, feel-good film is a see-through, semi-comic valentine to that historic moment in the 1970s when wines from California's Napa Valley took on the best French drops, and won. ... Full Article

By Sarah Sluis If the fun of moviegoing is that shared sense of thrill that takes place in a dark theatre on opening night, this year's ShoWest/NATO Marketing Achievement Award winners brought that spirit to their promotions, making them relevant... ... Full Article