Tom Wozniczka as Henri Cassell and Minka Kelly as Sydney Value in “Champagne Issues.”
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Caught at house this Christmas, however dreaming of France? Then pour your self a pleasant glass of bubbly, seize a comfortable blanket and watch Kelly on this effervescent escape that I need to retitle “Minka in Paris.”
Kelly portrays Sydney Value, an bold, American government angling to accumulate Chateau Cassell, an esteemed Champagne home within the French countryside. The evening earlier than her massive pitch, she visits a twinkle-lit bookstore and meet-cutes Henri Cassell (Tom Wozniczka), a soulful poet sort who invitations her to stroll via the Metropolis of Mild with him. One factor results in one other, and lo and behold, she discovers that his household owns the winery that she needs to say for her firm.
Cue the hijinks. The damage emotions. The loving stares. The luxe interiors that appear designed by Nancy Meyers. Although Kelly is just not practically as humorous as Cameron Diaz in “The Vacation,” she’s a number one girl each radiant and relatable. Her co-star, Sean Amsing, offers loads of comedian reduction as Roberto, a bon vivant who says issues like, “Every thing I find out about France, I realized from ‘Ratatouille.’”
I can think about listening to that joke at a celebration. Come to think about it, that’s what the film seems like: A enjoyable, fizzy occasion — and we’re all on the visitor listing.
