Absolute feel-good movie. So natural and easy to watch. Excellent characters. One of my favorite movies with great value compared to its low budget... A perfect blend of sorrow and joy; superficial and thoughtful.

I love movies that take you on a trip, especially somewhere i've never been. This movie has many different venues along the way that highlight a part of California that are rarely seen.The movie is just enjoyable to watch, with perfect timely bits of comedy, romance and sadness blended with music that reflects the scenes. I LOVE THIS MOVIE !! Brett, Jacksonville FL..

I hated this movie. Those are strong words, but I really did not like this movie at all.I expected a wine country version of Deliverance where we see characters develop and go through a life changing event.But there is nothing life changing in this movie. The best scene in the whole movie is when Stephanie beats the crap out of Jack with her motorcycle helmet. Yet, Jack hooks up with a slutty waitress the very same night? And after getting chased out her house and running 5 miles completely naked because the slutty waitress's husband is chasing him, he still decides to wreck his friends car into a tree to cover up the broken nose. Even at the wedding, there is no moment that says this guy is any different than he was before it started.Instinctively Miles is a less annoying character, but he really isn't. He is a complete downer, and equally annoying. It's not that I can't relate to Miles. I'm a middle-aged unmarried white male who drinks more beer and wine than I should, and teaches in California. However, I didn't find Miles a believable character.BTW- who in the hell goes to Solvang for a bachelor party? They are in San Diego, and 5 hours from Las Vegas? That's the apple picking trip for the west coast. Stephanie and Maya are 2 other characters we get to know. Stephanie is a seemingly intelligent who works at a winery, and yet allows her young daughter to meet Jack two days after they meet? No- that's not realistic. Maya is a nice intelligent girl who is divorced and working as a waitress to pay for her Masters degree. That's great- but literally that's the only thing I learned. There is nothing else to really learn about her.Paul Giamatti played his role wonderfully, but since John Adams was a more believable character- he was better there than here. The rest of the cast had lighter roles and were acceptable. The problem was I had no real empathy for the protagonist, and cheered when his supporting character got the holy crap beaten out him with a motorcycle helmet.BTW- apparently it was completely acceptable for guys to open a bottle of wine and pour into a glass while driving down I-5 in California back in 2003? I guess I never noticed.

The tittle of this review can really tell you what remained with me by the end of the movie. Some wine and some lies. Lying to your future wife, lying to your weekend lover, lying to your best friend and at the end of the day you lie to your own self. On the one hand the desire to not wanting all the lies and the deceptions and on the other lies and deceptions are all its given. What's the meaning of this? What is really the message here? That this is life when you grow up? The heck with that. If that's the case, Peter Pan come and rescue me.