This lightweight comedy about women friends vacationing in Napa is just the thing to entertain you in isolation. There's a stellar cast of comediennes: Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer, Emily Spivey, and Paula Pell, with Tina Fey in a featured role. The first four were all on Saturday Night Live, the latter three both wrote and performed in the show.
This is Poehler's directing debut, working from a script co-written by Spivey and another SNL writing alum, Liz Cackowski (the latter has a cameo as a sommelier). It was inspired by an actual wine country birthday trip to Sonoma taken by SNL members.
The gorgeous cinematography by Tom Magill is from various California locations, including the beautiful Artesa Winery in Los Carneros.
Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin, usually known as Wendy & Lisa, are credited as composers. They were once protegés of Prince, and Rudolph performs in a Prince cover band from time to time. So it's no surprise that the Purple One's I Would Die 4 U is featured among the many kick-ass songs in the movie, some of which are listed here and can be streamed on Spotify. I can't find any links to the original score, though the duo is prolific.
Poehler was last blogged for The House, Dratch for acting and Pell for writing Sisters, Rudolph for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part after a brief mention in Booksmart, and Fey for Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
This movie was on a list of comedies to stream now that theatres are dark, and we watched it on Netflix March 12, 2020. Rotten Tomatoes' critics do not agree, averaging 66% and its audiences hated it, coming in at 30. I thought it was pretty fun, and Jack didn't think it was too much of a chick flick for him to enjoy. He's so enlightened!
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