To walk into The Napa Boys (now streaming on VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) blind is to be bewildered. Don’t worry, though – I’m here for you, to explain that such bewilderment is intentional, since director Nick Corirossi and co-screenwriter/co-star Armen Weitzman have made one of the most surreal comedies in recent memory. Its joke title is The Napa Boys 4: The Sommelier’s Amulet, and seeing that title card generates instant confusion, until you realize the funnyguy filmmakers are spoofing franchise films, and their intent is to make you feel like a newbie dropped in the middle of a saga laden with insider references and preestablished characters and situations. Imagine how you might feel if your first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie was Captain America: Civil War, and that’s what The Napa Boys is going for, except in a world where Paul
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