Whatever Works
Director: Woody Allen
Genre: Romantic comedy, Indie, Romance Film, Comedy, Comedy of manners
Year: 2009
Country: United States of America, France
Language: English Language
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Michael McKean, Ed Begley, Jr., Henry Cavill, Larry David, John Gallagher Jr., Jessica Hecht, Carolyn McCormick, Christopher Evan Welch, Conleth Hill, Olek Krupa, Yolonda Ross, Steve Antonucci
Whatever Works is a 2009 American comedy film directed and written by Woody Allen, starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley, Jr., Michael McKean, and Henry Cavill.
Boris Yelnikoff (Larry David) is a misanthropic chess teacher and former Columbia professor. Divorced, he eschews human contact except for his friends (Michael McKean, Adam Brooks, Lyle Kanouse) and students, criticizing everyone he meets for not matching him intellectually.
Boris comes home one night to find Melodie (Evan Rachel Wood), a simpleminded 21-year-old, lying on his doorstep. He reluctantly lets her in for a meal and soon she tells him her story. She turns out to be of a distinctly southern background, having been born to fundamentalist parents in Mississipi and ran away from them. She asks if she can stay the night, which Boris eventually allows, and she stays with him while she's looking for a job. Melodie develops a crush on Boris despite their age difference and their varying cultures and intelligence.
Melodie finds a job as a dog walker while still living with Boris. Out on the job, she meets Perry (John Gallagher, Jr.) and they arrange a date. When she comes back home, she
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