You might think that someone raised deep within a barbecue dynasty would have his nose so tuned to smoke that he wouldn't have a palate for much beyond that.
Not so in Uncorked, Prentice Penny's story of a son (Mamoudou Athie) whose passion for fine wine carries him away from the BBQ joint his father (Courtney B.
Vance) expects him to inherit some day. Offering a fictionalized version of the hard-core studying seen in Somm —Jason Wise's 2012 doc about people seeking the highest certification in wine expertise —and couching it within a familiar family drama, the film has a solid feel for family dynamics and local color.
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