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(1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 43% Rotten Page   1   3/5 "a satisfying, if slightly syrupy entertainment"   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron D "A dreadful directorial effort, robbing the film of personality, wit, and enthusiasm just to run through endless scenes of uninspired conflict and predetermined resolution. Shock can be an absolute bore when it ignores wine."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 4/10 "The international competition serves as backdrop for a cloying tale of underdogs inspired by rather sudden patriotic fervor."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/5 "Even though the whole thing is based on reality, there's barely a moment that goes by that feels real."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 1.5/4 "A curiously languid, emotionally detached experience."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 1.5/4 "After Sideways and now Bottle Shock, it's official: I love wine as much as I hate movies about people who love wine."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez C "Based on a true story but overwritten into a cutesy, contrived mess, Bottle Shock is the Two Buck Chuck of wine movies."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B- "While it may not represent the best vintage, it goes down easily enough."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A delightful drama about the wine business and the yearning of three unfulfilled men to reach their potential."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/5 "[a] thoroughly safe, slow-footed comedy"   Jaman   Jay Antani 3/4 "A sweet and easy supplement to summer."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "In light of all its swooping and swishing helicopter shots of the sun-dappled Napa Valley, [it] might as well have been photographed from the bridge of the Starship Enterprise."   UGO   Keith Uhlich C "Perhaps inspired by the success of "Sideways," cowriter/director Randall Miller has taken the exciting true life story...in which the French unwittingly declared two Napa Valley wines superior to their own and turned it into an atonal hodgepodge."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "Writer-director Randall Miller's third feature is a charming comedy-drama that's surprising true to the events that inspired it."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "This is a charming triumph-of-the-underdog flick, and mostly for one reason: Alan Rickman."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/5 "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 much of anything right with it either."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski C+ "...the seminal event [of] the challenge, the discovery and the historic tasting takes [a] back seat to other plots."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "A fascinating true story... is buried in a mundane story of generational conflict."   GreenCine   Sean Axmaker 7/10 "It's the most amusing wine aficionado film since 'Sideways.'"   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 7/10 "It is not in the remotest sense a challenging or extraordinary film...cannot reasonably be described as anything other than adequate. But it is a pleasing film in a very simple way."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 21) of 21 OFCS Rating: 43% Rotten Page   1