Uncorked

Not quite a fine wine but not a cheap bottle of supermarket bubbly either. It's a reasonably engaging drama, given extra flavour by the performances of Athie and Vance.

The storyline is familiar to all (protagonist wants a different style of life than his/her parents and faces hardship because of it) but the sommelier and wine aspect brought a tiny little twist to it. I thought the scenes were filmed in a nice way. I especially liked the short shots that showed the neighborhood and the heartwarming scenes with family interactions. The script had a lot of issues however. In my opinion everything was happening too fast. That left no time for explaining or building up the actions and decisions. The characters felt unfamiliar to me throughout the whole movie. I constantly questioned why this and that was happening or how it came to be. Most of the twists didn’t excite me and I have to say that I felt bored at times. The acting was okay but I think that the bad script took a edge off from it. At times the dialogue felt a tad dry and other times it was good. The relationships and interactions between the characters were quite good. I did find it enjoyable and funny at times but most of the time the movie felt average and even below it.