Posted on 11/28/2004 2:23:58 PM PST by Kitten Festival
I waited far too long to see Sideways, the latest film of Alexander Payne (the director of Citizen Ruth, Election, and About Schmidt). It is so good that I am kicking myself for having procrastinated. Gratification for the mind, the eye, the heart, and the sense of humor, unnecessarily delayed.
Sideways initially opened on just three screens, in New York and Los Angeles, to allow word of mouth and critical reaction to spread, and build an audience from the ground up. The strategy seems to have worked well, with Sideways currently on 497 screens, and a very respectable per screen gross of $2113 Friday – roughly the same as the expensive and heavily-hyped family film, The Polar Express.
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"Citizen Ruth, Election, and About Schmidt"
I just might have to check it out. I've seen these three and really enjoyed them all.
Saw it a few weeks ago here in Seattle. Paul Giamatti truly is a treasure to watch, even in crappy movies like Planet of the Apes and Private Parts.
A very, very good movie.
Superior dialogue makes this a very funny movie.
Excellent acting, beautiful authentic scenery.
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