ComedyRomance

Whatever Works

2010
★ 7.1 / 10
A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcé from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.
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★★★★★
Woody Allen is back to doing what he is famous for - clever introspective comedy - and he still does it well. He detoured into making crime-dramas, three of them - Matchpoint, Scoop and Cassandra's Dream. All of these were good, and one, Matchpoint, was brilli...
★★★★★
For those wondering what happened to the old Woody Allen, here he is. "Whatever Works" is a script from the 1970s. I noticed that without even knowing Allen has been forthright about it. A few script rewrites -- talk about the Taliban and not the Communists --...
★★★★★
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 and heard some of the critics' negative reviews. So, the first ten...
★★★★★
In New York, the bitter and grumpy Professor of Quantum Mechanics in Columbia University Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) is a snobbish and pretentious intellectual that claims to be a genius in String Theory and that the world is completely wrong. During an exi...
★★★★★
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 tells the story of Boris Yel...
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