Another one from Woody Allen, good but certainly not one of his best.
In Whatever Works we follow the story of a middle age man called Boris Yellnikoff. A grumpy and sometimes annoying guy that entitles himself as a genius. Some of his ideas about the world are definitely different from other people and he is basically against everything and everybody. One day fate put Melody Saint Anne Celestine, a girl from Mississipi into his life. She is doesn't have any kind of cultural intelect and is the absolute opposite of Boris, so she is the kind of people Boris can't stand, well but he always thinks he is the only bright human being on planet. Her sweetness ultimately enchants him and they start a very peculiar relationship.
Larry Davis is hilarious as Boris Yellnikoff, his performance is the best thing of the film. Her monologues are amazing and he will make you laugh often with his grumpy style. Evan Rachel Wood is adorable as Melody and I also would like to mention Patricia Clarkson, always lovely to see her act.
This is above all a lovely little film about the search for happiness. As I already said, not one of Woody's greatest but definitely worth to watch.
This had been one of the last of Woody's movies that I had not seen and if I am being truthful I can't pretend that I saw the whole thing because I didn't. But what I did see.... wow. In some ways this might be his worst movie. At least with the abominations that are Rifkin's Festival and Rainy Day in New York I felt like he was trying for something. They both sucked unbelievably bad but at least there was an attempt to make a movie. I think I would have had more respect for Allen if he stepped into the lead role and forced himself to recite the drudgery that he forced on Larry David. Complaints about society had always been a charming part of Allen's movies when we got them in small doses (and when they were legit). To build a whole movie around a miserable person... well, it gets you this movie.
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Shout by 油 RadamanthyX 愛BlockedParent2022-02-26T10:53:52Z
Level "Zurullo" • 4 :heart: • Not recommended.