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Whatever Works

May 3rd 2009 05:45

Woody Allen's latest comedy Whatever Works stars “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Larry David alongside Evan Rachel Wood (The Wrestler) and Patricia Clarkson (Married Life, Vicky Cristina Barcelona).

Having had a premiere last month at the Tribeca Film Festival, the movie centres on an eccentric man, Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David), from Greenwich Village who gets caught up in a series of love stories which get him in tangled up with a young girl named Melodie (Evan Rachel Wood) and her parents (Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley Jnr).

This movie has been cited as a return to Woody's typical form writing comedies about dysfunctional relationships and Larry portrays the eccentric New Yorker that Woody himself has played in the past.

The movie opens to a limited release in July.

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Comment by Janet Collins

May 3rd 2009 10:20

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I always look forward to Woody Allen movies and enjoy many of the ones that other critics condemn. Often he slips into serious mode and these are good too but I think people go to them expecting a comedy.

One that I didn't think was up to his real standard was Scoop. I was really disappointed in that but I'll look forward to whatever works. Thanks for the tip.

Comment by Michelle Sweeney

May 3rd 2009 14:38

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I am a fan of Woody Allen movies as well and even his bad movies are far superior than many other movies that manage to somehow see the light of day. Scoop was as you say one of his weaker movies though.

There are actually couple of his later movies that I haven't gotten around to seeing yet - Cassandra's Dream and Melinda and Melinda - so I will have to make a conscious effort to try and seek them out.

Comment by Janet Collins

May 3rd 2009 14:50

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I miss a lot of his at the movies and have to wait for the DVD. Allen's movies tend to take a long time to come to DVD though, much longer than most movies.

I haven't seen Cassandra's Dream either but I really enjoyed Melinda and Melinda even though I wouldn't rate it as one of his best.

Comment by Michelle Sweeney

May 4th 2009 05:29

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Glad to hear Melinda and Melinda is worth watching - I enjoy watching Radha Mitchell. My only concern there is that I don't particularly like Will Ferrell.

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