Review of Uncorked

Uncorked (2009 TV Movie)
8/10
Uncorked: It Opens to Life's Pleasures ***
9 May 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Wonderful film dealing with the old adage that all work and no play makes for a dull person.

A woman, Julie Benz, a dedicated professional, learns about love when her firm is sold under her. While her excellent work allows for her to be hired by the woman who took over the firm, she has found true love by a chance meeting with a widowed chef and his parents who own a failing vineyard.

Her first boyfriend sees her as too old for love and romance and views marriage as a positive business relationship. When she rejects him as not being the one for her, you know what's coming. What is coming is ultimate love and a wonderful relationship with the man, son and his parents. Along the way, she uses her sharp business skills to save the vineyard for the parents.

Elliott Gould, as the father, is really wasted here. JoBeth Williams is the typical mother hoping for her son to find love and the young boy is precocious in every sense of the word.

Julie Benz is wonderful here as the business woman who realizes that there is life beyond an office but Mr. Elrod, who plays her new love is miscast. There is absolutely no really strong chemistry between the two and you know that it's only a good script that brought them together.
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