Sour Grapes

Sitcom veteran Larry David, the co-creator of TV's Seinfeld, made his big-screen directorial debut with this clever comedy featuring distinct Seinfeld overtones. Sour Grapes was released April 17, 1998, only four weeks prior to the last Seinfeld episode. Selma Maxwell (Viola Harris) is the adoring ...more

It's difficult to express the depth of sheer loathing with which this comedy from Seinfeld co-creator Larry David was greeted upon its theatrical release; "despised" would not be too harsh a phrase to describe the reaction of the typical critic. However, a tiny, drowned-out minority correctly identified the writer/director's feature debut as a viciously funny, unabashedly cynical exploration of social mores and ethics gone berserk. The film's only real flaws are a distracting, clichéd classical ...more