Film - Uncorked
The divided loyalty to the heart or to the family is an age-old tale and will probably always be with us. Having taken over his father’s Memphis cafe, Louis now expects his son Elijah to do the same. Clearly, due to his father’s hard work in building a business, Elijah has had a much better life and his kid’s’ will be better still. Already he has been able to go to Paris as part of his studies to become a sommelier, a job title so niche none of his family are familiar with,
I struggled with this little sub-plot. The family don’t appear to be struggling, and yet it was a big issue to get a couple of grand together to support him. Even then, he could only afford to go as one of his much wealthier classmates agreed to share the accommodation costs with him. So they had a huge apartment paying for a view even I wouldn’t consider if I was just going for a weekend. OK maybe for a weekend, not for several weeks though. Was this story added just to blow some budget in Paris?
It’s a gentle film where even when life’s bad stuff happens, we know everything is going to be OK. It is, however, refreshing to see a film based around a black family where their colour is never mentioned. The best scenes are the closeups on the family dynamic
7/10