Whatever Works

6/16/09

Whatever Works is the newest Woody Allen film with the great Larry David playing his Allen's alter ego. I personally really like Larry David and the vast majority of Allen's "newer" movies, so this movie was right up my alley. The basis of this film is the collision of a lifetime pessimist "genius" (David) and an unlikely new roomate, the very young Melanie (Evan Rachel Wood). Boris Yellnikoff has a philosophy that things may not always make sense, but whatever works...A few other positive chance incidences follow in this movie mixed in with a few funny lines, makes this movie a decent view. No rushing to the theater, but it will give you a good HBO night later in the year.