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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 31 Jan 2009

What this film needed was a whole lot more scenes with the good actors and lot less scenes of those Ken and Barbie Doll types…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 10 Nov 2008

You can enjoy the mild bouquet of Bottle Shock as pleasantly sparkling, but it could have been plummier…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for UGO (350) on 21 Oct 2008

In light of all its swooping and swishing helicopter shots of the sun-dappled Napa Valley, [it] might as well have been photographed from the…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 14 Oct 2008

Bottle Shock never quite connects. And considering the more recent transformation of Napa, the movie's triumphant ending rings a bit false…

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By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 03 Sep 2008

It's such a rewarding movie going experience it's tempting to trot out all the adjectives generally used to describe a good wine…

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By Austin Kennedy (419) for Sin Magazine (286) on 01 Sep 2008

I was slightly involved towards the end, but the story's constant shift in focus made it hard for me to care through most of it…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 28 Aug 2008

It might have worked better as a documentary, or better yet a paragraph on Wikipedia…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 28 Aug 2008

Bottle Shock feels more like an excuse to exercise the most familiar of screenwriting formulas than to explore the origins of California's…

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By Jeff Bayer (445) for The Scorecard Review (437) on 26 Aug 2008

It's is like that bottle of wine that makes you feel like you paid too much for what you got…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 26 Aug 2008

There's also Alan Rickman as Steven Spurrier -- and when he's on-screen, all is right with this movie and the world…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Aug 2008

I detect bacon fat, laced with honey melon,' says a wine lover played by Dennis Farina. Moviegoers are more likely to detect corn, with a bit of ham…

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By Charles Koplinski (232) for Illinois Times (232) on 23 Aug 2008

Though this film may be based on a true story, it comes off as a collection of cliches peopled by characters straight out of central casting…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 21 Aug 2008

Bottle Shock often feels out of place on the big screen, but it would probably play a lot better as a weekly half-hour TV show…

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By David Cornelius (645) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 17 Aug 2008

Even though the whole thing is based on reality, there's barely a moment that goes by that feels real…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 17 Aug 2008

It's the most amusing wine aficionado film since 'Sideways…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 14 Aug 2008

If Bottle Shock were a wine, someone would probably call it amusing with a hint of apricot. I'd just call it a heck of a lot of fun…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 14 Aug 2008

If Bottle Shock were a wine, someone would probably call it amusing with a hint of apricot. I'd just call it a heck of a lot of fun…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 14 Aug 2008

Like a wine with a hint of bacon laced with melon, its contrasting elements coalesce to make Bottle Shock a palatable, if not thoroughly nuanced,…

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By Rick Warner (2) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 14 Aug 2008

Unfortunately, Miller can't decide whether he's doing a relationship movie or one about the intrigue of world-class winemaking…

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By Cathy Frisinger (1) for Denver Post (1,096) on 14 Aug 2008

Comedy and drama are nicely balanced in this mostly true tale…

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