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Whatever Works

whateverworksMisanthropic New Yorker Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) reluctantly agrees to let a runaway Mississippi girl (Evan Rachel Wood) stay in his apartment and a complicated relationship evolves.Ā After arguing his way through six seasons ofĀ Curb Your Enthusiasm, it was easy to get enthusiastic about David taking his TV alter ego to Woody Allenā€™s world. Heā€™s amusing as the annoyingly opinionated Boris, but the movie wouldnā€™t work without its strong supporting cast, including Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley, Jr. as Woodā€™s folks. The story is slight but charmingā€¦ and Boris turns out to be right about ā€œwhatever worksā€ when it comes to love.

2009-U.S. 92 min. Color.Ā Written and directed byĀ Woody Allen.Ā Cast:Ā Larry David (Boris Yellnikoff), Evan Rachel Wood (Melodie St. Ann Celestine), Patricia Clarkson (Marietta), Ed Begley, Jr., Michael McKean, Conleth Hill.

Trivia:Ā The script was originally written in the 1970s for Zero Mostel.

Quote:Ā ā€œMy father committed suicide because the morning newspapers depressed him. And could you blame him? With the horror, and corruption, and ignorance, and poverty, and genocide, andĀ AIDS, and global warming, and terrorism, and-and the family value morons, and the gun morons. ā€˜The horror,ā€™ Kurtz said at the end of ā€˜Heart of Darknessā€™, ā€˜the horror.ā€™ Lucky Kurtz didnā€™t have the Times delivered in the jungle. Ughā€¦ then heā€™d see some horror.ā€ (David)

 

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