Solid performances aren’t enough to lift this familiar tale of a Memphis man trying to break out from his family business out from the middle of the road
In Uncorked, an undemanding new
Netflix drama, a young man finds himself trapped between his desire to be a sommelier and his father’s wish to have him take over the family barbecue business. It’s a battle between the old and the new and a similar war rages on behind the camera as Insecure writer-producer Prentice Penny, here making his directorial debut, goes through familiar motions while also trying to bring something fresh to a tried-and-tested formula, a challenge he’s not quite up to, the result falling somewhere in the middle … of the road.
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