{"id":17382,"date":"2020-04-07T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=17382"},"modified":"2020-05-13T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T00:53:57","slug":"uncorked-netflix-original-film-with-wine-as-the-backdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/uncorked-netflix-original-film-with-wine-as-the-backdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUncorked\u201d A Netflix Original Film With Wine as the Backdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17376\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17376\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Uncorked.jpg\" alt=\"Uncorked poster\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Uncorked.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Uncorked-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Uncorked-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Uncorked-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster courtesy of Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s not necessary for me to say that we are living in difficult times \u2013 times that tax our ability to adjust to a life heretofore unknown to us.\u00a0 Like many of you, watching movies has been a way to escape from this dreadful reality into another world \u2013 one devoid of the challenges we are currently facing.\u00a0 With my regular private press screenings cancelled due to the <strong>COVID-19<\/strong>, <strong>Netflix<\/strong> and <strong>Amazon<\/strong> have become my \u201cgo to\u201d streaming services for content, which has enabled me to continue to review films.\u00a0 My play reviews will be resumed once theatres are once again live.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17380\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17380\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Courtney-B-Vance.jpg\" alt=\"Mamoudou Athie as Elijah with his dad Louis played by Courtney B. Vance\" width=\"850\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Courtney-B-Vance.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Courtney-B-Vance-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Courtney-B-Vance-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Courtney-B-Vance-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">L-R: Mamoudou Athie as Elijah with his dad Louis played by Courtney B. Vance at the family barbecue joint.<\/span> Photo courtesy of Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While scrolling through the films offered on <strong>Netflix<\/strong>, I came across <strong><em>Uncorked<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 an innocent, charming, slice-of-life film in which director\/writer <strong>Prentice Penny<\/strong>,\u00a0(<strong>HBO\u2019s <\/strong><em>\u201c<\/em><strong>Insecure<\/strong><em>\u201d<\/em>) make<em>s <\/em>his feature film debut.\u00a0 The story is an intimate look at the family dynamic of a <strong>Memphis<\/strong> family.\u00a0 The dad, well played by gifted actor, <strong>Courtney B. Vance,<\/strong> is the proprietor of a barbecue joint passed down from his dad.\u00a0 It is his expectation that his son, <strong>Elijah<\/strong>, played with a quiet intensity by <strong>Mamoudou Athie,<\/strong> has a different dream on how to spend his life.\u00a0 He works part time in a liquor store and really impresses the owner with his vast knowledge of the different complexities of wine, which lovers of the grape will especially enjoy.\u00a0 A few of his descriptions range from aroma or bouquet, body, crisp, oaky, to fruity, tannic, flavor intensity, and finish.\u00a0 His father doesn\u2019t take him seriously as he and the family associate sommeliers with upper class rich people and except for his mother <strong>Sylvia,<\/strong> beautifully fleshed out by <strong>Niecy Nash<\/strong>, treats <strong>Elijah\u2019s<\/strong> ambition as almost a joke.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17379\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17379\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-as-Elijah.jpg\" alt=\"Mamoudou Athie in 'Uncorked'\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-as-Elijah.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-as-Elijah-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-as-Elijah-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-as-Elijah-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Despite his father&#8217;s expectations that he work with him in the family restaurant, Mamoudou Athie&#8217;s Elijah studies for an entrance exam to a school for sommeliers.<\/span> Photo courtesy of Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17378\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17378\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-Taking-Exam.jpg\" alt=\"Mamoudou Athie as Elijah taking entrance exam in 'Uncorked'\" width=\"850\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-Taking-Exam.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-Taking-Exam-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-Taking-Exam-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-Taking-Exam-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The big day arrives and Elijah takes the entrance exam which involves describing in detail which region the wines are from and their inherent properties.<\/span> Photo courtesy of Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Elijah<\/strong> knows this is his calling and wants to train to be a <strong>Master Sommelier<\/strong>, which involves going to school.\u00a0 He is conflicted as he doesn\u2019t want to disappoint his father but at the same time wants to follow his dream, a dream basically accessible to people of a different social different class.\u00a0 Quietly, <strong>Elijah<\/strong> is accepted into a school that trains <strong>Sommeliers.<\/strong>\u00a0 While at a bar one night, he meets the beautiful <strong>Tanya,<\/strong> well played by <strong>Sasha Comp\u00e8re,<\/strong> who becomes the source of ongoing encouragement.\u00a0 Eventually, <strong>Elijah <\/strong>is accepted into a very prestigious school in<strong> Paris<\/strong> and with the help of his supportive mother, convinces her husband that their <strong>son <\/strong>must follow his dream, and raises enough money to cover his expenses.\u00a0 <strong>Paris <\/strong>doesn\u2019t work out financially he must make changes in his life to continue his studies. The second half of the film presents <strong>Elijah <\/strong>with a tragedy that results in a life-changing choice, one that he willingly undertakes \u2013 at least for the present time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17381\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17381\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Niecy-Nash.jpg\" alt=\"Niecy Nash as Elijah's mom Sylvia\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Niecy-Nash.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Niecy-Nash-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Niecy-Nash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mamoudou-Athie-Niecy-Nash-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Elijah\u2019s mom, Sylvia played by Niecy Nash, throws a going away party for her son and gives him a check to cover his Paris expenses while in school studying to be a Master Sommelier.<\/span> Photo courtesy of Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17377\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17377\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-at-Paris.jpg\" alt=\"Elijah at Paris\" width=\"850\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-at-Paris.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-at-Paris-600x443.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-at-Paris-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Elijah-at-Paris-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Elijah\u2019s Paris studies are cut short by an unexpected family event.<\/span> Photo courtesy of Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Uncorked<\/em> <\/strong>is not a perfect film and there are definitely flaws &#8211; especially in the lighting <strong><em>(uncredited)<\/em><\/strong> which would be more suited to a mystery or horror film. I found myself waiting for something \u201cbad\u201d to happen, but the \u201cbad\u201d that finally takes place is in the family dynamic rather than a mysterious, scary entity.\u00a0 The other problem is although <strong>Athie<\/strong> delivers a heartfelt performance, it required digging into more layers of his character other than the somber, intensity that we mostly see.\u00a0 Perhaps that should be laid in the hands of <strong>Penny <\/strong>who might have shaped his performance so that we could see other layers of his character.\u00a0 Again, his performance is quite compelling but could have been even more compelling if he delved into other aspects of <strong>Elijah.<\/strong>\u00a0 Other key cast who give credible performances, include, <strong>Lashun Pollard, <em>(Dorothy,)<\/em><\/strong> <strong>Michael Mobley <em>(Marion,)<\/em><\/strong> and <strong>Robert Cox <em>(Harold.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This kind of a family drama is always on a slippery slope as it could have very easily fallen into a soap opera, but even with its flaws, like an inexpensive bottle of wine, there are redeeming characteristics in this human-interest story that will give you a a satisfactory \u201cfinish.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not necessary for me to say that we are living in difficult times \u2013 times that tax our ability to adjust to a life heretofore unknown to us.  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