He was 0.7 miles from the finish line, already celebrating with his longtime running buddy John Valentine, a Vermont oncologist, when they began to see a very congested street ahead.
In this wonderful new movie by the team of Alexander Payne (writer-director) and Jim Taylor (co-writer), Giamatti plays Miles, a failed novelist around forty who takes off for a wine-tasting tour with his buddy Jack (Thomas Haden Church), a washed-up TV actor who is about to get married.