Wine Country (2020)

Yes, I am still watching a lot of fluff in the aftermath of my eye surgery.  Not being able to see is far worse than anything that I have had to do or not do personally in the pandemic and has kind of put that into a sort of perspective. 
 This is a movie based on a real event with the cast who actually did the trip.  That in and of itself is noteworthy.  The “Saturday Night Live” women who populate this movie are all longtime friends, connected by comedy, who’ve shared trips like the one depicted here. Rachel Dratch’s actual 50^th birthday prompted a group jaunt to Napa, just as her on film character’s 50^th birthday inspires the on-screen antics. But they’re all playing versions of themselves: Poehler, directing her first feature film and co-starring as the trip’s bossy organizer, has acknowledged that she’s the one who always keeps the others on schedule. Tina Fey plays the Airbnb manager and is wise and droll.  Maya Rudolph, who has four kids in real life plays a character who’s happy to have a break from her four kids. Emily Spivey and Liz Cackowski, (who has a brief, amusing role as an uptight sommelier), both former “SNL” writers and members of this crew, wrote the script. So I am glad this examination of women on the cusp of the second half of their lives exist, but somehow I wish they had "Big Chill"'ed it up a bit.  Well worth watching, and streaming on Netflix.