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Revision as of 05:22, 26 November 2025
2025 American film
| The Napa Boys | |
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Promotional poster |
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| Directed by | Nick Corirossi |
| Written by | Nick Corirossi, Armen Weitzman |
| Produced by | Mike Rosenstein, Erin Owens, Armen Weitzman |
| Starring | Armen Weitzman, Nick Corirossi, Sarah Ramos, Jamar Neighbors |
| Cinematography | Markus Mentzer |
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Sunset Rose Pictures |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures (U.S.) |
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Napa Boys is a 2025 American comedy film directed by Nick Corirossi and co-written by Corirossi and Armen Weitzman, who also star. The film premiered in the Midnight Madness section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] Magnolia Pictures later acquired U.S. distribution rights.[2]
Plot
Presented as The Napa Boys 4: The Sommelier’s Amulet, the film follows a trio of wine-obsessed character who go on an adventure through California’s wine country. They start with a high-stakes wine competition, and a series of escalating absurd set-pieces. Critics noted the intentionally nonsensical narrative structure and the film’s barrage of inside-joke-driven humour.[3]
Cast
Production
Corirossi and Weitzman developed the film as a franchise spoof similar to Sideways with the gross-out sensibility of early-2000s ensemble comedies like American Pie or Wet Hot American Summer.[4] The filmmakers framed the movie as the “fourth entry” in a fictional franchise, complete with in-universe mythology and recurring characters.[5]
Release
The film premiered on September 12, 2025, in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness program.[6] Following early festival screenings, Magnolia Pictures acquired U.S. distribution rights,[7] with a planned theatrical release in early 2026.[8]
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a mixed rating, with critics divided between praising its boldness and criticizing its deliberately disorienting tone.[3] RogerEbert.com described the film as potentially challenging to viewers, as it throws them into the “deep end of a franchise that never existed until this installment.”[1]
Variety highlighted the film’s blend of wine-country parody and absurdist raunch comedy, calling it a fusion of *Sideways* and *American Pie*.[4]
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that some of the film’s more extreme early gross-out sequences prompted walk-outs during its TIFF screening.[7]
References
- ^ a b Lee, Zachary (September 2025). “TIFF 2025: *Erupcja*, *Junk World*, *The Napa Boys*”. RogerEbert.com.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (2025-10-27). “Magnolia Takes U.S. for TIFF Title *The Napa Boys*”. The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ a b “*The Napa Boys*”. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
- ^ a b Kroll, Justin (June 2025). “*The Napa Boys* Puts a New Spin on Wine-Country Comedies”. Variety.
- ^ “Nick Corirossi, Armen Weitzman, Jamar Neighbors and Mike Mitchell Talk Willing a Franchise Into Existence”. AwardsWatch. September 2025.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (July 2025). “TIFF Midnight Madness Lineup Announced”. Deadline.
- ^ a b Ha, Gene (September 2025). “Magnolia Pictures Picks Up *The Napa Boys* After TIFF Premiere”. San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (October 2025). “Magnolia Pictures Lands U.S. Rights to ‘The Napa Boys’ After TIFF Premiere”. Variety.
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