Whatever Works

The Sound Woody Allen movies are never about bombastic -....So while the film looks good....sounds good, it lacks any extras....the film, that might have even better than the story.....The film might have been good.... ... Full Review

So Allen gives us a feel-good movie after all.....Allen gave Sorvino the best lines, producing some genuine repartee..... ... Full Review

Maybe that explains why Whatever Works is funnier than anything he's done in a long time -....WOODY Allen never fails to make a film a year.... ... Full Review

The conclusion may be a bit too tidy to be interpreted as much more than a cynical comedy....Regardless of who's channeling who, the biting humor in the film is simply hilarious;.... ... Full Review

The conclusion may be a bit too tidy to be interpreted as much more than a cynical comedy....Regardless of who's channeling who, the biting humor in the film is simply hilarious;.... ... Full Review

Of all the insults hurled about in the film, perhaps the worst is its pandering conclusion.....it turns into just another Woody Allen overacted sex farce..... ... Full Review

slight plots, slighter characters, lackadaisical storytelling that recycles enough of the neuroses-fueled charm of his earlier films to keep the Woody Allen machine in business.....It's a lazy story, though, told lazily, starting with the casting of David himself.....Whatever Works" upholds that uninspired standard, Allen returning to New York City after four films in Europe.... ... Full Review

You may well leave Whatever Works with a little extra spring in your step.....In a very funny scene we see him insulting a little girl to whom he is supposed to be teaching the fine points of chess.....There are times when David so faithfully delivers his lines with Allen's mannerisms.... ... Full Review

Wood, a wonderfully skilled actress, does her best with an odd fit -....With Larry David as Allen surrogate Boris Yellnikoff, "Whatever Works" occasionally finds laughs along its all-too-predictable route through love and misanthropy in New York..... ... Full Review

So even minor Woody Allen can be interesting.....But David's not to blame for the movie's missteps.....The comically gifted actor died in 1977.....Boris Yellnikoff (David) has a story of woe and blunder to tell..... ... Full Review