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Peter Debruge, Miami Herald: The movie runs an exhausting 131 minutes and reveals nothing that couldn't better be expressed with a 10-page story in Vanity Fair. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: For wine-loving filmgoers willing to lavish it, and to forgive the film its excesses, it offers refreshment and reward. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: Nossiter's unimposing style likely landed him many interviews with skittish wine scions, but in the editing room, the gentleness translates into lack of clarity. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: It's such a knowledgeable work and so pleasantly obsessed with its subject that it will interest even audiences whose attraction to wine is only casual. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Good film. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It quickly becomes clear Mondovino is about more than the wine business. The points Nossiter makes ... can be applied to other endeavors. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The indictments, recriminations, and musings just sit there, and the movie feels incomplete and uncentered. Read more
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: An entertaining film that is neither stuffy nor pretentious. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The highest praise I can give to Mondovino is that it makes you want to sample every vintage it shows you and find out the answer yourself. Read more
Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News: For wine enthusiasts curious about this quiet battle being waged internationally, Mondovino is an eye-opening, thirst-inducing experience. Read more
Brendan Bernhard, L.A. Weekly: It won't get you drunk, but Mondovino, Jonathan Nossiter's marathon ramble through the vineyards of Europe and the Americas, will get you thinking about wine, and what is and isn't important about it. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Jonathan Nossiter, in his documentary, is more interested in the sobering facts of global marketing, economic competition and cultural imperialism than in wine as a beverage. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: I cannot recall the impressively multilingual Mr. Nossiter, a sometime sommelier, taking a stand on the issues raised by the people he interviews -- or even clarifying these issues for the lay viewer. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: A clever if overlong argument against globalization. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A fascinating film. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Overly long and not especially enlightening. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Nossiter's low-key style has a quaintness all its own. The last thing anyone would accuse him of is selling out to corporate interests. Read more
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail: If you surrender to its quirky, jerky style and stop straining to find a single narrative line, Mondovino offers much to savour. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: It would work beautifully as a the non-fiction backstory to Sideways. Read more
David Rooney, Variety: While not all the many arguments laid out are fully developed, the consistently fascinating material provides an uncommonly eloquent, provocative statement against globalization that's sure to stimulate thinking audiences. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Has an arbitrary, patchwork feel. Read more
Scott Vogel, Washington Post: A picnic wine, if you will -- more conversation-starter than collector's item. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: The best advice is to relax and let the film spread out on the palate, like one of the wines it so mouth-wateringly depicts. Read more