[A]necdotally interesting, but artistically underwhelming.

| Jan 27, 2020

[K]ick back and relax and take a sip of BOTTLE SHOCK. It will linger on your palette long after the curtain falls.

| Nov 7, 2019

[A] film that acknowledges the passion, dedication and commitment of those owner/growers who keep our wine cellars, cupboards and fridges stocked and, to that end, it's worth a tipple.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2019

Bottle Shock is an entertaining, albeit unremarkable film.

| Jul 3, 2019

Bottle Shock is a shameless grab at the yuppie audience that flocked to the similarly themed Sideways.

| Aug 21, 2017

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

With much loving, longing gazing at the Napa Valley landscape, it's awfully good-looking, if you can discount the high-waisted bell-bottoms and the homely yellow AMC Gremlin that wheezes into scenes every once in a while.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 24, 2009

It doesn't exactly come off as boxed wine to the top-shelf sensibilities of Sideways, but there's not enough story or heart for it to capture the same lightning in a bottle.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 14, 2009

As a rather strenuous attempt at a feel-good movie, Bottle Shock falls a long way short of the mark.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 10, 2009

It's not in the same league as Sideways but it has a fragrant sense of the beauty of wine and winemaking, not just the drinking.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 3, 2009

Bottle Shock is one of those cockle-warming, feel-good underdog films in the tradition of Strictly Ballroom. Only in this case Scott and Fran are, respectively, a Chardonnay with tangerine undertones, and a Cabernet Merlot blend.

| Mar 28, 2009

Predictable in its moves, it's engaging enough, though it has nowhere near the characterisation, say, of Paul Giamatti and Thomas Hayden Church in Sideways.

| Mar 27, 2009

Predictable, corny, schmaltzy, inane, unfunny, flat, sentimental and utterly fatuous. Most of the acting is bad, and none of the characters are interesting. Watching it is about as culturally rewarding as actually getting drunk, and less fun.

| Mar 27, 2009

In the same way Good Night And Good Luck sends you hurtling for whisky and a Malboro, and Sideways prompts a pining for pinot noir, Bottle Shock will have you craving a chilled glass of Californian chardonnay.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 27, 2009

Rickman is priceless as the self-parodying wine snob, stealing every scene he is in by continually pulling the rug from under himself.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 27, 2009

It's a triumph of the underdog film, but what it does have is a simply delicious performance by Alan Rickman, who does resigned disdain like no one else on screen.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 27, 2009

It's easy to take, enjoyable and escapist, and while it celebrates Californian wine making, it doesn't disparage the French.

| Mar 20, 2009

. Like the chardonnay at the heart of the story, Bottle Shock is light with good body and plenty of flavour. It's also uplifting and amusing. In short, it makes you feel good.

| Mar 20, 2009

Alan Rickman plays the British wine expert who sponsors the test and is at his most comically feline. It's a great film about passion, eccentricity, families and... wine

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 19, 2009

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 19, 2009