Thomas Haden Church's association with Alexander Payne goes back to Election and even after Sideways he was almost cast in what became Dermot Mulroney's part in About Schmidt. I start my post here because I think a lot of people agree this was an all-time classic Oscar snub at Paul Giamatti.
I did some research on this and discovered that every single major awards show (from about 25 that I looked at) including the Golden Globes nominated both lead actors with the exception of London and New York who nominated Giamatti but not Haden Church. Hmm!
Nonetheless, the overall achievement here is what counts most and the Golden Globes got it right awarding best picture. It was up against some pretty heavy competition including Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator and Ray. but Sideways is the better movie.
On countless top ten lists for that year, on quite a few best movies of all times lists and widely considered to be one of the best movies of the 2000's.
I fully agree. When I'm asked what I consider to be the best pictures of all time I usually bring up Apocalypse Now, Midnight Cowboy, American Beauty and Sideways, 'nuff said.
As far as streaming, Sideways right now is on Hulu if you have that subscription, otherwise it's VOD but I would note it's on sale on Amazon for only 4.99 and that's a steal. 5 stars/5
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