Whatever Works (2009)

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"Whatever love you can get and give. Whatever happiness you can provide. Every temporary measure of grace. Whatever works."

"Vintage Woody Allen" would be the most appropriate label for 2009's Whatever Works, because that's never been truer. Woody initially wrote this film back in 1977 as a vehicle for Zero Mostel, but the screenplay was set aside when Mostel inconsiderably died bef... read more

Em seu retorno a Nova Iorque, Woody Allen também retoma seu facsímile no centro da trama com o protagonista deliberadamente alegórico, um físico teórico divorciado após uma frustrada tentativa de suicídio. Boris Yellnikoff entoa as predileções narcisistas do diretor, como a superioridade de Fred Astaire e Beethoven ao barulhento rock moderno; encarna forçosos maneirismos e divaga para a... read more

Woody Allen is obsessed over the same subjects as usual.

An eccentric New Yorker played by Larry David abandons his upper class life to lead a more bohemian existence. He meets a young girl from the south and her family and no two people seem to get along in the entanglements that follow. This is a comedy also starring Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Evan Rachel Wood, and a number of other amusing types.