Review of Sideways

Sideways (2004)
6/10
Unrealistic friendship
17 February 2005
Alright, so I've already aired my complaints about this monstrously overrated movie on another post, so I won't do it again. However, there's one thing I wanted to point out. One of the major threads holding the film together is the friendship between Miles and Jack. Am I the only one who realizes that their relationship is completely unbelievable? First of all, the two of them have nothing in common, other than the fact that they're both totally self-absorbed and annoying. But that aside, let's say they still somehow were good friends, OK. There's still a problem. In his final week of bachelorhood, Jack's master plan is simply to "get laid" one last time before he's married. He makes it abundantly clear to Miles that all he's really interested in is having sex that week. So then, why in the world would he decide to go on a weeklong tour of WINE COUNTRY with his pessimistic, annoying, snobby alcoholic of a friend??? If he's trying to get girls, he would have to realize that having a loser like Miles around will do nothing but harm his chances at that. But there they are, the two "pals" out for an "exciting getaway," traveling from winery to winery, "living life to the fullest". You've got to be kidding me, it's totally ridiculous, and really quite a stupid plot when you think about it. Even the dialogue between the two of them was moronic. Really simple and boring. But that's what the entire film was, simple and boring. And UNBELIEVABLY OVERRATED.
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