Movie#55........................."Whatever Works"

Movie #55 “Whatever Works” is the latest Woody Allen flick , and even though it again touches on the same theme about how you should get love whenever and wherever you can (and justifies his relationship with his young stepdaughter), it finally finds a good mouthpiece for all the Woody Allen lines (well, other than Woody Allen) in Larry David. He’s a walking germaphobe who sings Happy Birthday 2 times every time he washes his hands to make sure he has done it thoroughly enough. He limps due to a failed attempt to jump out a window (he landed ona canopy), and he’s really down on life ---- in walks Rachel Evan Wood who plays Pollyanna Melodie, a 19 year old who needs housing ----- and she gets it and more from Boris (Larry David). Humor is found everywhere in the film --- discussions between Boris and Melodie (because he is so smart and she’s NOT; Boris and his friends, Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley, Jr, Melodie’s parents who find him a thoroughly bad choice for their daughter, etc. If you like Woody Allen, it’s one of his better ones. If you aren’t a fan, I don’t think you’ll like it as much as I did




I gave it 4 stars.
Whatever Works
(2009) PG-13
While falling for a young Southern belle (Evan Rachel Wood), an aging New York City eccentric (Larry David) finds himself caught in a series of bizarre situations involving the girl's parents and his own Greenwich Village group of pals. Written and directed by legendary filmmaker Woody Allen, this romantic comedy also stars Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., Kristen Johnston, Michael McKean and Henry Cavill.