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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 94/100. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 99% of the 2,285 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic94/100
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
1,963 audience votes
Key crew
- Jim TaylorScreenplay
- Rolfe KentOriginal Music Composer
- Alexander PayneScreenplay
- Alexander PayneDirector
Cast
- Paul GiamattiMiles
- Thomas Haden ChurchJack
- Virginia MadsenMaya
- Sandra OhStephanie
- Marylouise BurkeMiles's Mother
- Jessica HechtVictoria
- Missy DotyCammi
- M.C. GaineyCammi's Husband
- Alysia ReinerChristine Erganian
- Shake TukhmanyanMrs. Erganian
- Shaun DukeMike Erganian
- Robert CovarrubiasMiles's Building Manager
Stills
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Themes
californiabased on novel or bookgolfwineroad tripstag nightmarijuanawriterbuddysanta barbara, californiawine drinkingwinery
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