A Synopsis Of The Movie Sideways
School: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Course: ENGL 105: Kitchen as a Writing Craft
Professor: David Ross
Parth Patel
English 105
Mr. David Ross
Paper 3.3
The Comedy is Sideways Sideways, a 2004 movie directed by Alexander Payne, stars Paul Giamatti as Miles, Thomas Haden Church as Jack, Virginia Madsen as Maya, and Sandra Oh as Stephanie. The movie is about two middle-aged friends who go on a week-long wine tasting trip in Southern California. Miles is a high-school English teacher and Jack is a washed-up actor who once had a major role in a soap opera but now does voice-overs for commercials. The purpose of the trip is to celebrate Jack’s last week of bachelorhood as he is getting married at the end of the week. This movie seems to follow the ups and downs of the protagonists and contains various romantic adventures that contain some comedic relief. This seems to be a sad excuse for a film that is trying to entertain the audience with its comedy but provides great drama and symbolism through its aspect of a journey within a journey. We hate the two main characters from the start. Miles wakes up with a hangover because he came home late last night from a wine tasting. Outside his house, his car is parked extremely close to the car in front of him; it is almost touching the bumper, which means that he might have driven under the influence the night before. The audience immediately disapproves of Miles’s choices, and we start to develop negative feelings towards him. As he wakes up, he realizes he is late for something. When he gets a phone call from his friend, Jack, he lies to him, telling him that he is already on the road. When he finally gets on the road, he is doing a crossword puzzle as he drives. Right from the beginning, the audience only sees the negative qualities of Miles and we aren’t very fond of him. As Miles arrives at Jack’s house, Jack is sitting with his future in-laws. Jack is irritated at the fact that Miles arrived late. Miles
Course: ENGL 105: Kitchen as a Writing Craft
Professor: David Ross
Parth Patel
English 105
Mr. David Ross
Paper 3.3
The Comedy is Sideways Sideways, a 2004 movie directed by Alexander Payne, stars Paul Giamatti as Miles, Thomas Haden Church as Jack, Virginia Madsen as Maya, and Sandra Oh as Stephanie. The movie is about two middle-aged friends who go on a week-long wine tasting trip in Southern California. Miles is a high-school English teacher and Jack is a washed-up actor who once had a major role in a soap opera but now does voice-overs for commercials. The purpose of the trip is to celebrate Jack’s last week of bachelorhood as he is getting married at the end of the week. This movie seems to follow the ups and downs of the protagonists and contains various romantic adventures that contain some comedic relief. This seems to be a sad excuse for a film that is trying to entertain the audience with its comedy but provides great drama and symbolism through its aspect of a journey within a journey. We hate the two main characters from the start. Miles wakes up with a hangover because he came home late last night from a wine tasting. Outside his house, his car is parked extremely close to the car in front of him; it is almost touching the bumper, which means that he might have driven under the influence the night before. The audience immediately disapproves of Miles’s choices, and we start to develop negative feelings towards him. As he wakes up, he realizes he is late for something. When he gets a phone call from his friend, Jack, he lies to him, telling him that he is already on the road. When he finally gets on the road, he is doing a crossword puzzle as he drives. Right from the beginning, the audience only sees the negative qualities of Miles and we aren’t very fond of him. As Miles arrives at Jack’s house, Jack is sitting with his future in-laws. Jack is irritated at the fact that Miles arrived late. Miles