I didn't think Amy P would make something so unoriginal. There really isn't much of a storyline and honestly most of the jokes derive from making fun of itself for being exactly as predictable as you think it's going to be. It has about 17 too many dancing to cheesy old school song dancing scenes. If you took those out it would honestly be under an hour long. U can also tell so many scenes were just the Actresses fooling around and improv-ing, but not it a way that fits within the movie or even the characters. U can clearly feel them fooling around out of character. There were a couple funny jokes, but the whole thing feels like Amy taking care of her friends and paying them to hang out in Napa. I dunno, I was really disappointed in the lack of creativity here, and for all the talent in the acting there's a whole lot of phoning it in. It's like the movie cane second to a bunch of middle aged women having an excuse to hang out. Compare this to parks and rec and tell me it's even close to the quality. That was so well done, and this simply isn't.

Considering the amazing cast I was hoping to see a great and funny comedy about women over 45 for once. But it wasn't good. Not much was funny. I only laughed a bit at the gallery part and that was it. Tina Fey surprisingly completely sucked at acting. She is usually funny but it seems she didn't even try to make her character believable. And the worst is that it is so depressing. I am not at that age yet, I am in my late 30's but watching it just made me think how much my life is going to suck in 10 years. I hope these talented comedians will still offer something funny and worth watching soon enough.

Poehler is undoubtedly a talented comedian. From writing/producing the popular sitcom 'Parks and Recreation' to pitting her hilarity against other comedians in 'Saturday Night Live'. She clearly has a funny bone, and more often than not, my darkened soul is susceptible to her generous light, especially when teamed up with Fey. So what happened here? Poehler, and her usual recruits from the star-studded alumni of SNL, play middle-aged women who take a weekend break at a vineyard to celebrate their friend's fiftieth birthday. Rather predictably though, each character is hiding a personal detriment from the others which soon manifests into tame drama.

Despite not writing the screenplay, Poehler, in what is her directorial debut, had a hand in the story. Unfortunately, this plot consisting of an uneventful itinerary, lacked any humour or narrative focus whatsoever. Each event, ranging from expensive wine tasting to a drone photo-shoot, ensued no visual hilarity and instead provided staging grounds for mild conversations. These conversing moments were executed naturally and contained an organic flow, but the restraints provided by the script produced a pedestrian pace, removing the much required kinetic energy.

Essentially, these moments exercised limited characterisations by highlighting the personal woes of each female character. Poehler loses her job, Rudolph fears a voice message detailing the results of a blood test etc. etc. Yet these individual dramas never meshed together, and instead replicated the structure of a sitcom as opposed to a feature film. Whilst the acting was solid throughout and occasionally the lesser visual comedy made me smile, most notably due to Schwartzman's involvement, concluding the film by sliding down a colossal hill was an unintentional crescendo of irony.

Wine Country resembles those ridiculously cheap bottles of rosé, or maybe Prosecco, that requires many glasses in order to intoxicate you. Y'know the ones you buy as gifts because you do not want to expend a fortune of money to an acquaintance. Yeah, them. Suitable as a background beverage at a chilled soirée, but should not be the main event.