Alexander Payne's 'Sideways,' starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church, gave us a new type of road trip comedy—set in a midlife crisis.
The Big Picture A recurring compliment thrown towards director Alexander Payne is that he makes the kind of films that hardly get made at a mainstream level—broadly categorized as adult-oriented character studies that are funny, tender, and poignant. This is especially true of his upcoming boarding school-set dramedy, The Holdovers. Early reviews cite it as a refreshing throwback—a time capsule of a film that appears to be transported from the 1970s.
Release Date October 22, 2004 Director Alexander Payne Cast Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Marylouise Burke, Jessica Hecht Runtime 124 Genres Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Romance 'Sideways' Depicts Flawed Men Who Can't Get Out of Their Own Way Payne's Oscar-winning film, based on a novel of the same name by Rex Pickett, follows a week-long bachelor trip in Santa Barbara wine country for Jack thrown by his friend, Miles .
Audiences recognize, especially in Miles' case, that these two are emotionally stunted. While this trip was designed as a cleansing process for Miles' depression and a last hurrah for Jack, Sideways reaches an outcome suggesting that neither of them is validated. Thanks to Giamatti's brilliantly vulnerable and sympathetic performance, it is easy to feel bad for Miles as the misunderstood, tortured genius.
Close Sideways perfectly captures the malaise of an underwhelming vacation. Despite Jack's hope for partying and Miles' desire to swill on local wine, the trip never gets off on the right foot. Their first night takes a detour at Miles' mother's house, as he stops by on her birthday to steal money from her bureau. Jack abandons playing golf to spend time with Stephanie, leaving Miles alone to partake in mundane activities such as grading his student's homework.
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