Sour Grapes

1998
R
1h 31m

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Evan and Ritchie see their friendship go sour after one wins a slots jackpot with two quarters bummed from the other.Evan and Ritchie see their friendship go sour after one wins a slots jackpot with two quarters bummed from the other.Evan and Ritchie see their friendship go sour after one wins a slots jackpot with two quarters bummed from the other.

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5.8/10

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Trivia
Larry David has expressed regrets over directing the film. References of the film were made on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" where his character had a poster of the film in his office, but according to the season one commentary, David took the poster down because he was sick of looking at it, and another one featured friends borrowing the film and saying they liked it, but Larry knowing they were all lying.

Goofs
(at around 1h) When Richard leaves the chiropractor's office and the cops pull up to talk to him, the potted plant on the right moves between shots. Note the position in relation to the little square window on the building.

Quotes
Richie: What are you doing tonight?
Evan: I don't know. Nothing. How about you?
Richie: I don't know. Roberta's out of town. I'll probably just go home and blow myself.

Crazy credits
During the opening credits, we see a bowl of grapes rotting as each name comes on the screen.

Connections
Referenced in Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Pants Tent (2000)

Soundtracks
Ballet Music
from "Faust"
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Richard Bonynge

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Total Dud!

I am a fan of Larry David, both of SEINFELD and his brilliant recent HBO special he starred in, but this is an utter disaster. A script that never should have been filmed. The main plot of money coming between cousins quickly grows tired (maybe this was a plot for a Seinfeld that never got used where George would give Kramer two quarters that he uses to hit a jackpot - might work in a twenty two minute sitcom, but not a feature film) Everyone is miscast 9even the usually steady Stephen Webber. Craig Bierko is awful, mugging and aping like Kramer's stand-in.) The character of the Jewish mother is such a cartoon and so one note. There are maybe three good jokes in the whole thing. The movie plays out like a car wreck - you find you can't look away because of the slim hope you might find a survivor!