Sideways

Sideways

Fox Searchlight Pictures

October 22, 2004

Dramedy
DVD
D+

I was leaning towards a C- until the Giamatti character stole from his mom.  Director Alexander Payne co-adapted the Rex Pickett novel, seven years before The Descendants.

The Descendants [2011]

The Descendants [2011]
Fox Searchlight
December 9, 2011
Drama
DVD
C-

Clooney and his cousins own a bunch of land in Hawaii, and his wife is in a coma.  Based on the Kaui Hart Hemmings novel and directed by Alexander Payne, who co-wrote the screenplay.