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By John Hartl (735) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 05 Aug 2008

Just because a movie is energetic doesn't mean it can't feel sluggish…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 05 Aug 2008

Beautifully shot by Michael J…

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By Michael Ordoña (350) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 05 Aug 2008

The soul of the grape, that thing that elevates a wine to greatness, proves here as elusive on screen as in the bottle…

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By Evan Henerson (54) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 05 Aug 2008

Rickman's fish-out-of-water act (in farm country, the man never loses his suit and tie) makes for Bottle Shock's sunniest moments…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 05 Aug 2008

Director Randall Miller's visually beautiful, sun-drenched first two-thirds of the movie are worth the price of admission…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 05 Aug 2008

It's passable, while hinting at better things…

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By Manuel Mendoza (5) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 05 Aug 2008

The characters are vivid, the scenery is lovely, and lines like, 'I detect bacon fat laced with honey lemon,' establish the silly seriousness…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 05 Aug 2008

Bottle Shock is unable to figure out what kind of movie it wants to be, and flops around between madcap comedy and rousing drama…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 05 Aug 2008

Perhaps inspired by the success of Sideways, cowriter/director Randall Miller has taken the exciting true life story...in which the French…

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By Kevin Mccarthy (392) for WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) (143) on 05 Aug 2008

What looked to be another Sideways, Bottle Shock turned out to be a very smart and well written take on a true story that even non-wine drinkers…

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By Reyhan Harmanci (26) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 05 Aug 2008

This schlocky period piece doesn't do the pioneering Northern Californians justice. The script is overwritten to the point of parody…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 04 Aug 2008

Although not entirely without its charms, the film comes up somewhat short and while there isn't much of anything wrong with it, there isn't…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 04 Aug 2008

A curiously languid, emotionally detached experience…

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By Robert Wilonsky (520) for Village Voice (8,525) on 04 Aug 2008

The movie should have been more like Rickman: sparkling and light, with just a hint of acid. Instead, it's a huge gulp of vinegar…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 04 Aug 2008

A great story - and a true one, more or less - Bottle Shock nonetheless fails to deliver much in the way of entertainment…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 04 Aug 2008

A dreadful directorial effort, robbing the film of personality, wit, and enthusiasm just to run through endless scenes of uninspired conflict…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 04 Aug 2008

Bottle Shock is more than the story. It is also about people who love their work, care about it with passion and talk about it with knowledge…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 04 Aug 2008

Low budget, self-distributed, awkwardly charming, it's the kind of midrange Hollywood entertainment that's supposed to be extinct in this modern…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 04 Aug 2008

Since it's fairly obvious where things are going, it's somewhat of a waste of time when all's said and done ... unless you're REALLY into wine…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 04 Aug 2008

Why is it so hard to make a true story feel real…

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