Bottle Shock
Starring: Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine, Dennis Farina, Freddy RodriguezStudio: 20th Century Fox
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release: February 3rd 2009
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DVD Review
ONE SMALL AMERICAN WINERY & ITS WORKERS ARE ABOUT TO SHOW THE EXALTED FRENCH THAT THE WORLD'S FINEST WINES WILL NOW COME FROM THE OTHER RED, WHITE & BLUE. BASED ON AN INSPIRING TRUE STORY.
User Reviews
"It wasn't always like this. Before Paris, people didn't drink our wine." - Rating: 3/5
Bottle Shock in the based on a true story tale of how the California Wineries found validation in the 1970's (or as the tagline simply states, a true story of love, victory and fermentation... cute.)
Jim Barrett(Bill Pullman) has lost his love for the process of wine making, or it feels like that anyway...a midlife crisis of sorts seems to have left him feeling lost.(As we surely all have felt at some point or another)
His son, Bo Barrett(Chris Pine) on the other hand has all the passion and lacks the know-how and restraint to do things like a mature adult.
Of course when Steven Spurrier(The great, Alan Rickman) comes into town from Europe and offers them a chance to prove themselves and their product against the greatest French wines, they really must come together to achieve success.
This blind wine tasting not only has the Barret family at the edge of their wits, but the whole town becomes involved in this event, trying to prove to the world that California can produce great wine too!
It's predictable maybe, formulaic sure but that doesn't mean it's not good. Bottle Shock delivers that great feel good feeling that you can't help but shake after watching and if that's not enough for you Alan Rickman is simply hilarious.
"I'm just British and, well... you're not. "
Loved it! - Rating: 4/5
This movie, of course, will not win any awards for the general public but for those that are into wine, it will. I watched this film just before going to Napa and actually seeing the real Chateau Montelena and the bottle that won the 1976 Paris tasting. I didn't really know much about the Paris Tasting and it's impact on California wine, this film explains it artfully and compassionately. A Movie Pleaser!
Bottle Shock - Rating: 4/5
This is a feel good movie. I was an extra in it so I'm a little partial to it. It has beautiful scenary from Napa and Sonoma Counties (wine country) California, is easy watching and makes you smile. Alan Rickman did a great job in it too. He's always fun to watch.
A Hollywood Version of Napa's entry into the Wine World - Rating: 5/5
This DVD was suggested by a friend and I'm glad I watched it. While not being 100% true, there is enough story to make one cheer for Ca. wines in the famous tasting in Paris. Loved that! I got the book, written by the one reporter who showed up for the tasting and it is a more accurate version of what really happened. I'm buying the "Bottle Shock" DVD for novices to get an interest and appreciation into the history of Ca. wines and the Judgement book to go with it.
God, this is terrible - Rating: 1/5
Uncertain (but showy nevertheless) direction, half-baked script, characters that generate zero warmth and an unbelievable narrative await you with this rancid DVD. After 10 minutes, I said to my wife, "We have a directing problem here." She said, "No, we have an everything problem."
Randall Miller may be the most inept director I've seen in some time. He has absolutely no idea what to do with the camera and an editing sytle that borders on psychotic. Chris Pine evokes absolute revulsion in his characterization of Bo. (Did he really show up at the Paris contest in the same t-shirt he wore in Napa? Help me.)
The character Sam decides to sleep with Gustavo and then Bo for what reason again? Huh? The Napa growers decide to send layabout Bo the bum to Paris to represent them. What? Bo and his father have repeated violent boxing matches for exactly what reason?
Enough.
