
Honestly, it’s better not to overthink The Napa Boys. It’s best experienced like a carefree drive through wine country – you can generally follow the story, but it’s more enjoyable to just go with the flow. When the film is good, it’s really good. Presented as the fourth installment in a made-up series clearly inspired by Alexander Payne’s work (The Napa Boys 4: The Sommelier’s Medallion), it pushes its self-awareness so far that it intentionally becomes chaotic. It’s similar to the famous “my wife” bit from Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat. That joke went from being hilarious, to annoying because everyone started copying it, and then funny again—but in an ironic way.