Whatever Works

When Woody Allen's films are released in the UK I usually blink and miss them. I happened to be in France this week so I was able to catch Whatever Works which is having its first general release in that most... Full review

I saw this movie in a packed cinema and the audience loved it to the extent that many applauded at the end. So I came home, looked it up in IMDb and read some of the review by professional film critics.... Full review

The critics have missed on this one. Don't believe the negative reviews. It's the funniest one from Woody since maybe Deconstructing Harry. Everything works. From the very original script, combining Allen's bleak view of life with effervescent farcical plot line, to... Full review

Woody Allen is of course a filmmaker who is no stranger to directing himself...but this time he chooses Larry David to interpret and exude his own particular brand of cinematic New York neurosis, those constant ramblings of delightful disdain for the... Full review

If ever a movie could be described as an allegorical rendition of a director's life, Whatever Works just might top the list. Marking Woody Allen's return to his native New York City after a four picture hiatus in Europe, the movie... Full review

A perfect blend of Woody Allen's views on love and relationships and Larry David's pessimism of life and the imbecilic, Whatever Works won't appeal to those who can't find humor in the morbid recesses and sarcastic ranting of these two comedians'... Full review

Woody Allen's alter ego, Boris (a bitterly good and sardonic Larry David) makes this statement to the audience rather early on in "Whatever Works". The truth is, no matter how misanthropic, sarcastic and neurotic Woody Allen is, he ultimately is a... Full review

Well, my first review for the IMDb. I picked one that I thought I was not going to like, but I like Woody Allen, so I gave it a shot. I thought I would not like Whatever Works, because I read... Full review

Greetings again from the darkness. Such an odd experience ... watching an old Woody Allen for the first time. Well that's the best way I can describe this. The script was from the 70's and certainly, Mr. Allen made a few... Full review

Not the worst film I've ever seen, but it became clear rather quickly that this was a live stage screenplay that should never have been transferred to film without editing properly. As with almost every current Woody Allen film, every script... Full review

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I didn't review FUNNY PEOPLE for a variety of reasons; mostly, it was to do with the too-fast turnaround between the media screening I attended and the film's release date, but it also had a lot to do with my... ... Full Article

An Average Woody Allen Film is Still Better Than the Majority of Stuff Out There After a foray into European-based films, Woody Allen is back making movies in New York. ... Full Article

'Whatever Works' stars Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr. How big a bastard can Woody Allen build a screenplay around and still generate a modicum of audience goodwill? ... Full Article

When Woody Allen stars in the comedies that he writes and directs, he gives himself the jokes, the girls and the close-ups. His many longtime fans forgive him, because his movies are reassuring links to the past, like the sunset... ... Full Article