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 SIDEWAYS
— Fox Searchlight Pictures:
Follow SIDEWAYS through the awards season here.
Alysia was interviewed for inmag.com's
Nov/Dec 2004 issue. Read
the whole interview here.
"Memorable, vivid supporting work fills the movie's outer edges with no more than a scene or two apiece."
-- themovieboy.com "Not a false note is struck throughout the cast ..." -- filmcritic.com "... Then there is the films' memorable if small cast, which includes some nice performances from Marylouise Burke as Miles mother, Jessica Hecht as Victoria, Alysia Reiner as Christine, and Missy Doty as Cammi." -- eopinions.com "There's not a false note here, and the entire supporting cast is uniformly excellent." -- Washington Post "Every performance here is wonderful, and the movie abounds in moments so true as to be cringe-worthy ..." -- Premiere "I saw the movie, and simply loved it. However, there was one young woman who caught my eye -- the woman who played Christine. I thought she was spectacularly beautiful, and shone even in her limited screen time. Who was this woman, and what else has she been in?" -- Existentiallatte, IMDB forums 
"The characters are played not by the first actors you would think of casting, but by actors who will prevent you from ever being able to imagine anyone else in their roles."-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES "Every performance here is wonderful, and the movie abounds in moments so true as to be cringe-worthy." -- Glenn Kenny, PREMIERE MAGAZINE "By far the year's best American movie." -- Richard Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE "... skillfully framed, beautifully written, delicately acted Sideways, Alexander Payne may just have found his golden ticket to Oscar glory." -- Kit Bowen, HOLLYWOOD.COM "Payne once again does an incredible job creating deeply flawed but extremely likable characters, portrayed in shockingly real performances." -- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY "Alexander Payne's heart-piercing new film about a writer on the verge of disappointment is a reason to maintain hope in the film industry." -- NEW YORK TIMES 
"If fiim critics employed a 0 to 100 rating scaie such as some wine critics do, then Sideways would rate about a 98."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER "It's a joy to watch comedy unfold so naturally, the laughs gently teased out from our growing knowledge of the characters, their imperfections, doubts and, yes, emotional pain." -- Megan Lehmann, NEW YORK POST "From its first minutes, maybe even from the credits, you know you are seeing something very special." -- Terry Lawson, DETROIT FREE PRESS "The sweetest, funniest, most humane movie I've seen all year." -- Peter Rainer, NEW YORK MAGAZINE "Refreshing, unpretentious and genuinely affecting." -- Rex Roberts, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL "Definitely one of the year's most entertaining movies." -- David Sterritt, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR "Sublime." -- Gary Thompson, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS 
"The lack of A-list talent is one of the many subtle charms of Sideways, a movie that finds universal appeal in the various urges and dilemmas of its characters while avoiding most road-movie cliches."
-- Peter Howell, TORONTO STAR "Sideways is one of those films that's a bit too good to review: It strikes a unique tone, blends a bit of tall-tale fun with everyday life, and pretty much hits every note in your psyche." -- Tom Long, DETROIT NEWS "Sideways is the best comedy of 2004. In fact, it's so far the best movie of the year." -- Jack Mathews, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS "A wonderful film, so accomplished that it looks effortless." -- Todd McCarthy, VARIETY "Wildly funny and surprisingly edgy." - Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER "It could turn out to be the best English-language picture of the year." -- Andrew Sam's, NEW YORK OBSERVER "Doubters may hedge about calling it a classic and might insist on checking back in a few years to see how it has aged. Fair enough. But it's not too early to call it pure movie bliss." - Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE "Clearly the year's best comedy. The year's best romance, too." -- Stephen Whitty, NEWARK STAR-LEDGER |
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