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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The film is based on fact, but its texture is such that even the true bits feel trumped-up, and the fictional components add only the phoniest sort of conflict. Read more
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: Rickman adds a welcome astringency. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: Just because a movie is energetic doesn't mean it can't feel sluggish. Read more
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: The movie provides Pullman with a lead role, which is something you can raise a glass to. But as for the rest of it? Sorry, but I'll have a Diet Coke instead. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: If movies were wine, Bottle Shock would be a pleasant varietal you'd find on the half-price shelf. Nothing fancy but tasty nonetheless. Read more
Michael Ordona, Los Angeles Times: The soul of the grape, that thing that elevates a wine to greatness, proves here as elusive on screen as in the bottle. Read more
Cathy Frisinger, Denver Post: Comedy and drama are nicely balanced in this mostly true tale. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: It's passable, while hinting at better things. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The politics of making wine is a great subject for a movie, but this clunker doesn't do it justice; Bottle Shock is broad and coy where it needs to be smart. Read more
Jason McBride, Globe and Mail: For all of its intermittent, crowd-pleasing charm, oenophiles (and cinephiles, for that matter) might be better off putting their money toward a good bottle of Robert Mondavi. Read more
Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News: The characters are vivid, the scenery is lovely, and lines like, 'I detect bacon fat laced with honey lemon,' establish the silly seriousness of wine snobs. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: Pullman almost single-handedly transforms Bottle Shock into a stirring fanfare for the common American entrepreneur. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: A winning cast and a magnum's worth of subplots make Bottle Shock extremely watchable, perhaps a bit fruity, with grace notes of leather, oak and no ham. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: More enthusiastic than genuinely entertaining. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Beautifully shot by Michael J. Ozier, the dominating taste in Bottle Shock is Rickman's beautiful performance as a snob -- a snob who is secretly open to being delightfully surprised. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: A marvelous, beautifully made, feel-good movie that is guaranteed to revive everyone's flagging faith in American pride at home and abroad -- something in these sorry, perilous times we're desperately short of. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Bottle Shock is... utterly charming. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: A great story -- and a true one, more or less -- Bottle Shock nonetheless fails to deliver much in the way of entertainment. Read more
Rick Warner, Denver Rocky Mountain News: Unfortunately, Miller can't decide whether he's doing a relationship movie or one about the intrigue of world-class winemaking. Mingling the two left me with a somewhat sour aftertaste. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Bottle Shock is more than the story. It is also about people who love their work, care about it with passion and talk about it with knowledge. Read more
Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle: It lacks the character and depth of a product whose value increases with age. In other words, it's no Chateau Montelena '73 Chardonnay. Read more
Dana Stevens, Slate: Why did I feel such affection for this scruffy, hokey little movie? Maybe it's the same logic that applies to wine-drinking itself: Sure, a great claret would be ideal, but an OK rose is better than washing down your dinner with water. Read more
Bill Ward, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Its heart is so in the right place and its tableau so appealing that it's easy to come away from this sweet, scrappy film with a nice little buzz. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Bottle Shock comes on too strong and sours once the cork is popped, despite a delightfully over-the-top showing by Alan Rickman. Read more
David Fear, Time Out: There's a rich narrative to be mined from this historical moment. Until that movie gets made, however, we've got Randall Miller's pandering take. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: It's the kind of feel-good movie whose resolution is evident from the start, being based as it is on a true story. But that doesn't make the journey any less interesting. Read more
Robert Koehler, Variety: Like a wine spread with more samples than any tongue can handle, Bottle Shock contains too much to manage it all well, including some painfully corny sections, but has a charming aftertaste. Read more
Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice: Sadly, Bottle Shock is far from a great movie -- a little too sweet to the taste, almost sickly so. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: Whatta movie: booze, unhappy French people, Alan Rickman and really cool pickup trucks. Read more