Tag: Wine Country
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Film Review: Amy Poehler’s ‘Wine Country’ on Netflix
Whose idea was it to go to Napa to celebrate Rebecca’s 50th birthday? Because it wasn’t Rebecca’s. A psychoanalyst who’s been actively repressing many of her own issues, Rebecca (Rachel Dratch) is determined not to make a big deal about reaching the half-century mark, but five of her oldest friends — which is to say,…
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Wine Country review – Amy Poehler’s Netflix comedy is a drunken riot
The actor makes her directorial debut with a wine-soaked gem about a group of women trying to keep their friendship together during a weekend awayBemoaning the ever-decreasing quality of Saturday Night Live has become almost as much of an institution as actually watching Saturday Night Live, its current season so punishingly unfunny that it’s often…
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‘Wine Country’: Amy Poehler, Lotsa Booze & All Her Funny Friends Can’t Save This Uninspired Comedy [Review]
Using alcohol as a type of liquid courage, I asked my editors if I could just make my “Wine Country” review consist entirely of the Tyra Banks gif where she screams, “I was rooting for you. We were all rooting for you! How dare you!?” but they rejected my proposal flat out. Apparently, it’s not…
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Jason Schwartzman & Cherry Jones Join Amy Poehler’s Netflix Comedy ‘Wine Country’
Exclusive: Jason Schwartzman and Cherry Jones are boarding Amy Poehler’s feature directorial debut Wine Country. They join a cast that includes Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell, Maya Rudolph, Emily Spivey and Tina Fey. The Netflix comedy, written by Spivey and Liz Cackowski, follows longtime friends who head to Napa for the weekend to…