Movie: Uncorked (2020) ****

Uncorked is the story of a guy who has been groomed all his life to take over his family’s BBQ restaurant, but instead he passionately pursues becoming a sommelier. The story arc nicely covers the father-son dynamic of this tough situation where tradition is being broken and someone’s dream must go unfulfilled. There is a sweet little relationship that blooms, too. I love movies that have a strong sense of place and you can tell the director really loves and really wanted to represent black Memphis.
Courtney B. Vance and Niecy Nash play his parents and I was impressed with Mamoudou Athie who played the main character and Sasha Compere.
This was directed by Prentice Penny whose name I've recently seen associated with producer and writer credits on Insecure and whose dapper person I've seen on those Insecure Wine Down bits. It seems like Uncorked is his first feature film and I'm high-fiving him from my living room. Well done, sir!
I'm giving this four stars, because its a good movie all around, I want to watch it again and I am happy to recommend it to folks.
Watched on Netflix (The Netflix poster showing the main character standing in the foreground and wine bottles and firewood in the background is pretty dope, y'all!)