Sour Grapes
2016 · Movie · 86 min · ★ 7.3 · 91% critics
A young man rises fast in the rare-wine world, charming wealthy collectors and top auction houses while selling bottles worth millions. As doubts grow about the origins of these prized vintages, the story follows the investigation and the culture of status, greed, and belief that helped the scheme thrive just before the 2008 crash.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-05-27
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (97 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like true-crime documentaries about scams, extreme wealth, and the psychology of belief, similar to The Lost Leonardo; Not for you if you want sympathetic subjects or low-stakes stories.
Pros: fascinating real-life con; wealthy world access; suspenseful, humorous tone | Cons: victims hard to sympathize; can feel smug; some want deeper probing
Themes
- auction
- fraud
- wine drinking
Cast & crew
- RK
Rudy Kurniawan
as Himself (archive footage)
- CB
Corie Brown
as Self - food and wine writer
- LP
Laurent Ponsot
as Himself
- JH
Jason Hernandez
as Self - Prosecutor in the Rudy Kurniawan case
- JM
Jerome H. Mooney
as Self - Rudy Kurniawan's defense attorney
- VV
Vincent Verdiramo
as Self - Rudy Kurniawan's defense attorney
- BK
Bill Koch
as Self - Businessman and collector
Arthur M. Sarkissian
as Self
- DC
Don Cornwell
as Self - Lawyer and burgundy wine expert
- JW
James P. Wynne
as Self - FBI agent specialized in counterfeit goods
Directed by Reuben Atlas, Jerry Rothwell