Blind Ambition has plenty of drama to make a wine tasting engaging for even the most devout tea-totaller.
Blind Ambition
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Australia · 2022
1h 36m
Director Warwick Ross, Robert Coe
Starring Denis Garret, Jean Vincent Ridon, Joseph Dhafana, Marlvin Gwese
Genre Documentary
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An unlikely team of Zimbabwean refugees turned top sommeliers in South Africa shake up the international wine establishment when they compete in the World Wine Tasting Championships.
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Blind Ambition doesn’t rewrite any rules about documentary filmmaking, and it stumbles into the hokey at the very end. But if one subscribes to the adage that the story is the thing, then it’s hard to beat.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It’s almost too perfectly contoured as a Hollywood narrative.
RogerEbert.com by Robert Daniels
It doesn’t deal in easy gags or low-hanging speeches. It understands both the thrill and the agony of desperately waiting for your dream to ripen on the vine.
It’s “uplifting,” but conventionally so, with a certain dignity surrounding it. These are, after all, “the finest palettes in Africa.”
This already improbable dream boasts an interesting supporting cast.
The Observer (UK) by Wendy Ide
It’s heartwarming, inspirational stuff.
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