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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: From its first minutes, maybe even from the credits, you know you are seeing something very special. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Much like Altman, Hal Ashby and Billy Wilder -- three filmmakers whose movies are celebrated for their naturalism, their humanism and their wicked, often merciless satire -- Payne makes films about ordinary people with their rumples and flaws left intact, Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Sideways, based on a fine novel by Rex Pickett, is at once a literate comedy, a subtle examination of grown-up romance and a touching study of friendship. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Both charming and sexy, uproariously funny and touchingly human. Read more
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle: With four fine films under his belt, Payne should be regarded as an American treasure. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: This is a genuine slice of life. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The acting is superb, from the free-spirited Oh to the compassionate Madsen to the irresponsible Church. The standout is Giamatti. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: With Sideways, the director of Election and About Schmidt has cobbled together his most mature, complete effort to date, a film that utilizes his off-kilter sense of humor and his ability to construct believable characters. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: I thus heartily recommend the movie to all men between the ages of 30 and 55 -- if they can take it. Sideways offers few consolations besides the bitter, healing laughter of the morning after. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A film like Sideways is the fulfillment of many hopes and desires, an audience's not least of all. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Payne does know how to capture two kinds of male menopause. But I can't say he ever surprised me. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: This isn't the sort of road comedy we're used to seeing. Its humor is more likely to provoke smiles and light chuckles than guffaws. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: With each new film, Payne and Taylor plane the edges of their wit. Yet this growing maturity merely buffs their work; it's not dulled one bit. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: It's an intoxicating feeling when a movie excites and enlivens us like this -- and there's a particular giddiness to be had in thinking about what movies can (but don't often) do for one's soul after imbibing such a fine vintage. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: As character study, as exercise in American ambiance or, simply as an entertaining movie, Sideways triumphs. Read more
Kim Morgan, L.A. Weekly: A trenchant American satirist in his previous films, Payne moves in a different direction with Sideways -- one less mordant but just as pointedly observant. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Sideways may fetch Paul Giamatti that best actor Oscar of which he was robbed (or so many thought) for American Splendor. Read more
David Ansen, Newsweek: Sideways stays resolutely life-size. And that, in this age of hype and hyperventilation, may be the most radical thing about it. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: The sweetest, funniest, most humane movie I've seen all year. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Clearly the year's best comedy. The year's best romance, too. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Sideways is the best comedy of 2004. In fact, it's so far the best movie of the year. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Wildly funny and surprisingly edgy. Read more
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: 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. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: It could turn out to be the best English-language picture of the year. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Payne has made a movie for the same sorts of people, one with body and 'nose' and character that movie lovers will savor long after the credits have rolled. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The characters in Sideways are better developed than those in the earlier films, the poignancy is just as forceful as it was in About Schmidt, and the comedy is slightly better integrated. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: At the end of the movie we feel like seeing it again. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Makes you feel like you're trapped at dinner with a wiseass who's trying to convince you what a sensitive guy he is. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Like a good wine, this movie has clarity, subtlety and a pleasant aftertaste. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Although lacking the complexities of Election -- still Payne's best work -- the picture does exude an intelligent craftsmanship that's hard to resist. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: 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. Read more
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: By far the year's best American movie. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: This is a building-block movie: Its stand-out excellence becomes apparent only gradually. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: This excellent adventure affords a hilarious and excruciating bout of bachelor bonding. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Giamatti is a comedic gem. Read more
Teresa Wiltz, Washington Post: There's not a false note here, and the entire supporting cast -- Madsen, Oh, Church and Marylouise Burke as Miles's Mother -- is uniformly excellent. Read more