Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I always enjoy black comedies because they have flairs to tell the realities of our lives. This one practically delivered just that.I am a fan of Larry Davids since I fond out he very much likes the roles he played on screen. Of course, brilliant scripts had a lot to do with it. In my view, actors could play various roles would be talent because they have to study others than themselves in order to have convincing performances. But people like Larry they are natural performers in their own rights. We might easily suppose that should be effortless since they understand themselves well and play characters like themselves mostly. Actually, it might be the hardest thing to do. Self awareness is often vulnerable and most actors might feel uncomfortable to expose themselves in front of audiences. It's hilarious and even cruel sometimes in this movie. But the cynic and grumpiness suited Larry 's nature well. Rarely audiences want movies to deliver riveting messages. Our lives are full of consistent ridicules. Laughing at them might be a better way to deal with. Whatever works.

Firstly, I am a big fan of all Woody Allen movies. In fact, I've seem all 40 or his movies. However, I feel his cast, coupled with his misunderstanding of the 'south' has forced to a 4/10 rating for this. I am from the south and his misunderstanding of the the entire script is wrong. The acting is terrible, I believe Woody gave too-much lee-way to the actors or did not type-cast them correctly. It isn't a horrible movie, just seems unnatural and DEFINITELY not his best work. Perhaps he rushed it a lot. This is the worst of of his movies I have seen thus far. I feel he chose the incorrect actors and did not type-cast this entire movie well. It was almost as if he was stoned the entire time he was directing this. This is my opinion.

One of forty films written and directed by the prolific Woody Allen. Boris Yellnikoff, played by Larry David, is a retired nuclear physicist who seems to be committed to a depressingly cynical view of the world. He constantly pontificates his views and philosophies to anyone within ear shot.A young, naïve woman who has run away from her parents in Mississippi enters his life, managing to persuade him to let her stay at his place until she establishes her independence in New York. He tries to shape her character with his observations on life and the unlikely duo end up marrying. The girl's parents, who have split up, eventually track her down and the film moves further into farcical situations.Fairly typical Woody Allen, amusing lines and scenarios but nothing new.

The movie Whatever Works is a film that I would not normally view. It was recommended to me from a friend, and being open to new films, I decided to give it a view. I was happily surprised to find it rather interesting. It was written and directed by Woody Allen, and it was released in 2009. There are some big actors in this film, and some that are not so much known. Larry David plays the part of Boris Yellnikoff. This is the main character in the film. The second main character in the film is Melodie St. Ann Celestine, which is played by Evan Rachel Wood. Boris Yellnikoff is a native of New York and has this attitude and way of thinking about everything that pertains to life. Sadly, they are mostly about how nothing is really that important since we are all going to die one day anyway. Melodie St. Ann Celestine is from Mississippi and has the complete opposite way of thinking, but she is very impressionable and starts to think like Boris. This eventually leads to a marriage between them that is unlikely going to last indefinitely from the start. The way these two characters mesh together and their unlikely and strange bond that they hold to one another, you find yourself indulged in this slow but intriguing story. It keeps you roped in to see how it all plays out. There are many side stories in this film that will keep you wondering as well. Wood Allen has created the most annoying and cynical character I have seen in a long time, but at the same time the character is also very compelling and intriguing. Boris's downer persona does speak some truth whether you want to admit it or not. Woody Allen wrote the screenplay of this film in 1970's. The film was shot in New York City. Woody Allen wrote the script in the 1970's with the idea that Zero Mostel would play the part of Boris. When the actor, Zero Mostel passed away in 1977, the film was put back until the 2000's when Woody Allen decided to try and make it again before the Screen Actors Guild's possible strike.The film was filmed with Boris actually acknowledging an audience watching the story of his life after his divorce. He speaks to the camera explaining the story along the way while the other characters cannot comprehend an audience. This enables you to be drawn in even more. The clothing and choice of music that is brought into the film also gives you the sense of Boris's age being very much older than Melodie. She is young with vibrant colors in her wardrobe, and Boris is bland and plainer. His choice in music is also from a time period much different than Melodies, and hers is more up to the current time period. Overall, this film is very interesting and enlightening even though it is somewhat slow moving at times. If you do enjoy this film, then you should view another Woody Allen film called Mighty Aphrodite. It is another good film from Allen that was released in 1995. It is basically along the same lines as Whatever Works, but is more modern for the times. Anyway, Whatever Works is another Woody Allen classic that will hold its own in any film library.