The Napa Boys

The Napa Boys
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNick Corirossi
Written by
  • Nick Corirossi
  • Armen Weitzman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMarkus Mentzer
Edited byCaleb Swyers
Production
company
Sunset Rose Pictures
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release dates
  • September 12, 2025 (2025-09-12) (TIFF)
  • February 27, 2026 (2026-02-27) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$31,129[1][2]

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]

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

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]

References

  1. ^ "The Napa Boys". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  2. ^ "The Napa Boys - Box Office and Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Lee, Zachary (September 2025). "TIFF 2025: *Erupcja*, *Junk World*, *The Napa Boys*". RogerEbert.com.
  4. ^ Vlessing, Etan (2025-10-27). "Magnolia Takes U.S. for TIFF Title *The Napa Boys*". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. ^ a b Kroll, Justin (June 2025). "*The Napa Boys* Puts a New Spin on Wine-Country Comedies". Variety.
  6. ^ "Nick Corirossi, Armen Weitzman, Jamar Neighbors and Mike Mitchell Talk Willing a Franchise Into Existence". AwardsWatch. September 2025.
  7. ^ Grobar, Matt (July 2025). "TIFF Midnight Madness Lineup Announced". Deadline.
  8. ^ a b Ha, Gene (September 2025). "Magnolia Pictures Picks Up *The Napa Boys* After TIFF Premiere". San Francisco Chronicle.
  9. ^ "The Numbers - Theatrical Release Schedule Changes for the Week Ending December 28, 2025". The Numbers. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  10. ^ "The Napa Boys". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
  11. ^ "*The Napa Boys*". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
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