Product Details

• Actors: Steven Weber, Craig Bierko, Jack Burns, Viola Harris, Scott Erik
• Directors: Larry David
• Writers: Larry David
• Producers: Barry M. Berg, Laurie Lennard, Yoli Poropat
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• VHS Release Date: July 13, 1999
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0780623266
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #396,939 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Even Seinfeld fans will probably shun this dreadful, nasty-hearted film by Seinfeld cocreator and writer Larry David. It's a tepid comedy about cousins--Richie (Craig Bierko) and Evan (Steven Weber)--who enter into a feud after one borrows two quarters from the other while on a vacation in Atlantic City, and then wins a $400,000 jackpot, which he refuses to share. His action fuels retaliation and one-upmanship that results in death, racism, and a general bad taste in the mouth (you'll have to see the film to figure that one out). Sour Grapes is a misanthropic movie about cheapness that's supposed to be clever in its play on the "Jewishness" that permeated Jerry Seinfeld's hit TV series. But it doesn't gel here, and the movie is full of more self-loathing than one might care to admit. It also introduces several subplots that go nowhere. All in all, its TV mentality doesn't translate to feature film. --Paula Nechak

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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars After twenty minutes I had enough, January 6, 2006

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GUEST ACCOUNT (Amazon.com HQ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sour Grapes (DVD)

Maybe the movie would be better with actors better suited to the material, but I found the main characters off-puttingly petty, venal, loud, and obnoxious. Mind you, I love Curb Your Enthusiasm, which parades all those qualities and worse before the viewer, but as a high concept movie it does not work. The pacing is mediocre, the characters are boring, and the premise is inadequate for a feature length movie. I watched this with a friend who is also a fan of Larry David but neither of us could go the distance.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Seinfeldesque! A hilarious comedy!, November 3, 1999

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This review is from: Sour Grapes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Steven Weber and Criag Beirko play wonderfully side by side in this side-splitting comedy about best-friend cousins--until one of them, Richie (Beirko), wins a jackpot with his cousin Evan's (Weber) quarters. The antics that follow clearly take the path of a typical "Seinfeld" episode. The most lovable charcter is Richie's mother who worries non stop about her son and would have to be killed if something would happen to her son--like if he got a brain tumor! If you were a fan of "Seinfeld," and then again, who wasn't, don't miss "Sour Grapes."

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're looking for something laugh-out-loud..., November 21, 2000

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This review is from: Sour Grapes (DVD)

The only time I saw this movie was when I rented it; I have since bought it. I didn't see it at the movies because the critics slaughtered it, and I wish I had now. It is a very funny movie, written of course by the co-creator of Sienfield, so expect the twists and turns that Sienfield was infamous for, but with a more adult edge. You will find yourself laughing out loud, almost guiltily, and if you don't, well, you're probably dead. It's pure fluff entertainment and worth the DVD's price. I give this movie five popcorn farts. Great stuff.