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When it was on the air, I wasn�t an avid watcher of �Seinfeld�, but I enjoyed it. The co-creator of it, Larry David, went on to make the hit HBO show �Curb Your Enthusiasm�. But, before that, he wrote and directed the dud Sour Grapes, which makes you wonder how those two TV shows became so popular and funny. Sour Grapes is basically a short that could have been amusing at five minutes, but stretches out to an overlong and extremely boring 90 minutes of stupid plot devices, stupid and reused �humor�, and stupidity in general.
What makes Sour Grapes so horrible is that there may have been about one or two jokes that made me do a little snort or something. That�s about four seconds that I enjoyed, and out of a film that�s 5400 seconds long, that�s pretty bad. What am I saying �pretty bad�? It�s atrocious! At least in some other bad movies, a few jokes caught on, and others are hit-and-miss, but almost every joke in Sour Grapes missed. Also, many running jokes flopped, such as Richie�s �ability�. It wasn�t funny the first time, and it wasn�t funny the fourth time.
When your largest star is Steven Weber, that�s a bad sign. He can be a good actor, except he never seems to pick good projects. He�s Evan Maxwell, a successful doctor who goes with his friend/cousin Richie (Craig Bierko) to Atlantic City to gamble. Evan lends Richie two quarters for a slot machine, and he wins the jackpot. Since Evan lent him money, he expects to get about half of Richie�s earnings. Wouldn�t you do that in real life? And THEN things become quirky.
Well, there isn�t really much to say, not only because it is a wholly unremarkable film, but I don�t want it to take any more of my time than the 90 minutes it had already robbed me of. If you�re looking for a completely unfunny comedy, where you will surely not laugh, then pick Sour Grapes. I�m sure there�ll be lots of copies at your local Blockbusters, because most people will be smart enough to stay away from it.
Rated R for language and sex-related humor.
Review Date: July 22, 2003
