Minnie Driver Movie:

				Salesrank: 164008
		MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
John Huddles tries hard to charm audiences with his modest little American indie comedy about a kooky British clan on a sprawling northern California estate. Rufus Sewell is the would-be family entrepreneur on a financial losing streak ready to sink the last of his fortune on a failed manganese mine. His girlfriend (Minnie Driver) can't talk him out of the doomed venture and his brother is busy getting back to nature, so eccentric uncle Nigel Hawthorne climbs down from his spiritual cloud to knock some sense into his nephew: "His karma was constipated. I gave him an enema." Executive producers Driver and Hawthorne were surely drawn to the sweetly offbeat characters and hopeful message of healing in the script, but Huddles's stylistic gymnastics distract from the comedy's gentle pace and simple tone, and even these engaging performers can't buoy the film through the phony contrivances of the feel-good finale. The film has previously been released under the names At Sachem Farm and Higher Love. --Sean Axmaker

Uncorked [Region 2] Reviews:
Uncorked
2009-07-12 - I found this movie to be thoroughly enjoyable. It was quirky, but in a very clever and pleasant way. It was so refreshingly different from standard Hollywood fare. Rufus Sewell did an outstanding job in creating the charactor "Ross" in the movie, and the rest of the cast were quite good in their roles too. I consider this movie to be a hidden treasure but I hope it will be discovered by more people who will take time to appreciate the talent of the actors who conveyed so much not only through the dialog but so amazingly through their facial expressions. It will be a real treat for the discerning viewer.

Uncorked
2009-03-12 - I love this movie. That is why I spent the extra money to buy it when it has gone out of print. I am glad some stores still carry it!

Uncorked indeed!
2009-02-13 - This is a movie that absolutely everyone should see, perhaps even, several times.
Loved it!!!

Off-beat, but poorly done
2008-01-25 - This movie does have a refreshing philosophical perspective, but it's not executed well. A lot of the dialogue is plodding or obvious. The characters have no chemistry, relationship twists seem surreal, and the waste and extravagance is enormous for so called "enlightened" souls.
The movie is too long and repetitive and ultimately predictable.

I'm only in it for Mr. Tang......
2008-01-01 - I liked this movie, because it seemed like there was subtle and wistful moral to the story. A lesson in how to get over yourself, how to face fear of failure, and if those fears come true, how to pick yourself up and move forward.

Ross, the lead in the movie, is extroverted, always talking, always busy, and he's taken the fate of his family and the world on his shoulders, whether they want him to, or like or not. However his family doesn't need saving, and they continue onward in their lives, as he rants and raves in frustration around them, his intentions are good, his grasp of the big picture - not so much.

The first time you watch the movie, his family does seem as frustrating, and nonsensical. Frustrating events occur, the situation seems bleak. And then the movie begans to explain.

It's nice to Rufus Sewell in a role where he isn't playing the bad guy (Knights Tale, The Illusionist, The Holiday, for instance)he's an interesting actor to watch, partially because his head seems so much proportionally larger then everyone elses, and partially because it's easy to imagine that role strikes close to his real life personality.

My favorite part of this movie, alluded to in the title of this review, is the musical stylings of the Keone Young, the actor playing "Mr. Tang".

To sum up, I found this to be a sweet, introspective movie, that made me look into my own life a little deeper. And for that, I recommend it.