The Napa Boys
2025 American film
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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.[3] Magnolia Pictures later acquired U.S. distribution rights.[4]
- Nick Corirossi
- Armen Weitzman
- Mike Rosenstein
- Erin Owens
- Armen Weitzman
- Armen Weitzman
- Nick Corirossi
- Sarah Ramos
- Jamar Neighbors
- Mike Mitchell
- Nelson Franklin
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| Directed by | Nick Corirossi |
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| Cinematography | Markus Mentzer |
| Edited by | Caleb Swyers |
Production company | Sunset Rose Pictures |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $45,690[1][2] |
Plot
Presented as The Napa Boys 4: The Sommelier's Amulet, the film follows a trio of wine-obsessed characters 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.
Cast
- Armen Weitzman as Miles Jr.
- Nick Corirossi as Jack Jr.
- Sarah Ramos as Puck
- Jamar Malachi Neighbors as Stiffler's Brother
- Mike Mitchell as Mitch Mitchellson
- Nelson Franklin as Kevin
- Chloe Cherry as Kim
- Vanessa Lee Chester as Loretta
- Paul Rust as Squirm
- David Wain as Wilbur Winejudge
- Beth Dover as Trixie
- Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith as Jay and Silent Bob
- DJ Qualls as The Sommelier
- Ivy Wolk as Prancer
- Chris Aquilino as John
- Natasha Behnam as Skyler
- Ray Wise as Officer Toland
- Mike Hanford as Officer Roland
- Ryan Perez as The Mayor of Napa
- Natasha Leggero as Annie
- Riki Lindhome as Monica
- Steve Agee as Ethan Nerdone
- Jack Allison as Sam Fantwo
- Harley Quinn Smith as Harper
- Nik Dodani as Gracer
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.[5] The filmmakers framed the movie as the "fourth entry" in a fictional franchise, complete with in-universe mythology and recurring characters.[6]
Release
The film premiered on September 12, 2025, in the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness program.[7] Following early festival screenings, Magnolia Pictures acquired U.S. distribution rights,[8] It was released on February 27, 2026.[9]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 57% of 21 critics' reviews are positive, with critics divided between praising the film's boldness and criticizing its deliberately disorienting tone.[10]
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."[3] Variety highlighted the film's blend of wine-country parody and absurdist raunch comedy, calling it a fusion of Sideways and American Pie.[5] The San Francisco Chronicle reported that some of the film's more extreme early gross-out sequences prompted walk-outs during its TIFF screening.[8] Other critics noted the intentionally nonsensical narrative structure and the film's barrage of inside-joke-driven humour.[11]