Bottle Shock User Reviews

I had the pleasure of workin on this film, as it was shot in my hometown... Randall Miller was an incredible director to work with, and even as an extra the experience was incredible...The Actors in the film were perfect for the roles which they portrayed....The film was well made and the acting was superb...I would recommend it to any wine lover or lover of the Sonoma-Napa Valley Wine Country!

08/19/2008, 10:38 am

If you liked "Sideways" you'll like "Bottle Shock." If you have ever been in the Napa Valley, or would like to be, that adds to the fun. Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman and other veteran actors give the movie legs. If you are tired of the Big Hollywood "blast" movies see "Bottle Shock" for a great evening out.

08/11/2008, 3:38 pm

Should I see this movie? Yes, if you like wine, you like a movie with a clear story line and simply drawn characters and nice scenery, or if you want a quiet, non-controversial date night. The plot is stretched to fit a standard movie industry template and the screenplay is somewhat of a boiler plate too (mandatory love interest, father-son relationship, underdog becomes champion, etc); some of the acting and locations are a little cliched (French countryside is laughingly the same as California but with berets, and after the 10th time the looks of amazement on the faces of wine tasters raise a bit of a chuckle); and as the plot unfolds you tend to think that there's probably been quite a bit of over indulgence in the fantasy versus truth department, but so what, it works. It's a nice little movie. It's not meant to be fine art. The story of how California wine beat the French to the clink of glasses can hardly be expected to be as dramatic and action packed as the story of how the Americans beat the Russians at ice hockey, but it is cute. It made me go home, drink a whole bottle of Vino Robles, and feel pleasantly smug.

08/29/2008, 1:37 pm

Loved it! Didn't know too much about it before going in, but enjoyed it a lot. I thought all the males were great, Eliza Dushku was fun to watch, and the blonde actress (whose name I've blanked on) grew on me, but had some too-cutesy moments. I thoroughly enjoyed it, rooting for California wines the whole time.

09/10/2008, 6:00 pm

Just saw Bottle Shock. Really liked it! I had no idea how funny Alan Rickman was. This is just a well-done, smart, heartfelt movie with a lot of laughs. Great performances all around. What a pleasant surprise. Definitely worth checking out. And yes, a great movie to take your significant other. The best part is, you can share a bottle of wine afterwards with them (like I did) and feel like you're still in the film :).

08/08/2008, 5:40 am

I enjoyed the movie. I was entertained. It made me laugh. I paid full price and will pay full price to see it again in the theater.I plan to buy it when it comes out on DVD. I loved Alan Rickman. Bill Pullman did a great job. Chris Pine looked like the Geico Caveman but hey it was set in 1976. Freddy Rodriguez was dreamy. Rachel Taylor was funny and very cute. I am going to go wine tasting in Napa this weekend. It made me proud to be a California Girl.

08/22/2008, 12:56 am

Great locations, Bad acting, bad directing, bad writing, boring movie 1 star

08/08/2008, 5:31 pm

Horrible lines at times I felt sorry for the actors who had to deliver them.The part where the charrdonay was brown then turned gold is not true! I resent being lied to in a story that was based on actual events.

08/19/2008, 2:19 pm

BOTTLE SHOCK, the fun new wine film, tells the story of how California wines beat the French at an infamous tasting competition in Paris in 1976. Sonoma-based producers Brenda and Marc Lhormer organized the filming in Sonoma and Napa last summer, and BOTTLE SHOCK now premieres in San Francisco on Wed, Aug 6.Crushpad is recreating a not-to-be-missed rendition of the Paris Tasting, offering guests the chance to taste great California and French wines side by side. Brenda and Marc will be on hand, as well as two of the real people portrayed in the film, Bo Barrett (winemaker/owner at Chateau Montelena) along with his super-star winemaking wife Heidi Barrett, and Gustavo Brambila, first mexican-american to graduate from UC Davis with a wine degree, friend of Bo's and assistant to Mike Grgich, the winemaker who made the historic 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that shocked the French.In a fun twist of fate, a wealthy French businessman has just announced plans to acquire ownership of Chateau Montelena, 32 years after the rag-tag kids from the sticks in Napa Valley beat the French at their own game.Screening of BOTTLE SHOCK is included, at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, with transportation from Crushpad (both ways) provided.

08/13/2008, 6:23 am