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Whatever Works

He's an unpleasant elderly gentleman with few friends. One day, circumstances persuade him to take in a young woman until she finds a place to stay, and her sojourn becomes permanent, eventually leading to their marriage. Her mother throws her hands up in horror and tries to fix her up with another young man, while her dad does not approve, but comes to understand the elderly gentleman's position over time.

91 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language)
Comedy, Romance, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley

Director

Woody Allen

Screenplay

Woody Allen

Cinematography

Harris Savides

Editing

Alisa Lepselter

Sound formats

Dolby Digital

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Sony Pictures Classics, Wild Bunch, Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Comedy
Language	Moderate and infrequent
Nudity	Some, photographic
Sex	Innuendo and inferences
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Some
Drug abuse	Alcohol in social context
Comments	None
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Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman Not only is Whatever Works worse than Anything Else, the previous low-water mark in the increasingly swampy filmography of Woody Allen, it may actually be worse than anything else, period.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers Whatever Works feels like something out of time and, worse, out of step.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Fitfully amusing, but uneven and without enough deep humor to pave over the misanthropy, elitism, religion bashing and the fairly creepy and clearly never once believable May-December romance pairing, the film tries to operate via its titular philosophy, but it's unlikely Whatever Works will work for everyone.

Metacritic.com30 critics

RottenTomatoes.com120 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Based upon a script written in the 1970s, Woody Allen's Whatever Works suffers from a lack of fresh ideas.

Internet (IMDB)4846 Netizens Bleakly funny

Average .. 51%

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