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Whatever Works (2009)

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Reviews Counted:219

Fresh:168

Rotten:51

Average Rating:6.7/10

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

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $5,183,644

Synopsis: The New York-based humor of Woody Allen and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIAM’s Larry David seems like a natural match, and the pair unite for the first time in this comedy. WHATEVER WORKS follows a rich man... The New York-based humor of Woody Allen and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIAM’s Larry David seems like a natural match, and the pair unite for the first time in this comedy. WHATEVER WORKS follows a rich man (David), who decides that he should be living a different, less-status based life. Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., and Michael McKean star in this film that marks Allen’s cinematic return to New York City. [More]

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

Starring: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Henry Cavill, Jessica Hecht, John Gallagher, Carolyn McCormick, Christopher Evan Welch

Director: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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