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Sour Grapes

2016 · 86 min

A brisk, wryly amusing true-crime doc that keeps you hooked as it unpicks an audacious con among the wealthy.

Tagline
True Story - Fake Wine
Overview
Controversy erupts when an unassuming young man floods the American wine market with fake vintages valued in the millions, bamboozling the wine world elite, in this humorous and suspenseful tale of an ingenious con on the eve of the 2008 stock market crash.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • greed
  • class
  • crime
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Jerry Rothwell, Reuben Atlas
Starring
Rudy Kurniawan, Corie Brown, Laurent Ponsot, Jason Hernandez, Jerome H. Mooney, Vincent Verdiramo, Bill Koch, Arthur M. Sarkissian
Cinematography
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Runtime
86 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
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