Bottle Shock

Bottle Shock is a movie that premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and I never heard of it before seeing it on a flight. It is based on a true story and tells the events that led up to a wine tasting competition in Paris in 1976 where California wine went against French wine. The cast of the movie is fairly well known and includes Bill Pullman, Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, and Dennis Farina. To be honest, if I weren’t trapped on a plane with nothing better to do I would probably never have watched this movie. For me it was like a television movie. There was a story but I wasn’t engrossed in it and I didn’t find it that entertaining. I guess if you’re a wine connoisseur or are interested in the history of wine and wine competitions this movie might be for you, otherwise I wouldn’t recommend it.

Bottle Shock was not rated on RottenTomatoes  and I would give it a score of 5.

~ by neophytewriter on April 21, 2009.