3.5/4  Hilarious
Superb! Probably my favorite Allen comedy since Zelig . I loved Larry David as the woody character.. It just worked for me.
I also laughed loudly during several scenes. This is worth mentioning because most comedies just get me to chuckl... (read full)

3.5/4  Whatever Works
There's something about being one of six sparsely laughing people in a theater to watch a Woody Allen film. It's like having a favorite diner, wondering how in the world they can stay in business, but enjoying it while it lasts.

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2.5/4  Whatever Works Quick Review
Wasn't impressed at all by this. While it had its moments and some great casting, it was a downhill from the best Woody stuff. Mildly entertaining, but that's it. Hollywood as such really isn't doing it for me in recent times.

1/5 Wooden Woody
  by Andrew Dale (Geneva, Switzerland)
This is the last time I fork out for a Woody Allen movie without knowing anything about the movie first. I'm afraid his credit no longer runs. I have never panned a Woody film before, but this takes the can. Vicky Christina Barcelona was bad enough. Time to hang up the camera and go fishing, Mr. Konigsberg.
This film was buttock clenchingly awful, from the wooden masturbatory fantasy of a plot to the painful effort of the lead to be Woody Allen. I felt sorry for the actors, especially Evan Rachel Wood. Annie Hall it wasn't.

5/5 Whatever Works is the best!!!!
  by Mark's POV
The best? I think so. Definitely the funniest Woody Allen film ever!!! Easily, hands down!!!

5/5 write (and direct) into woody's top ten
  by B. Lafave (lakeland , fl)
LARRY DAVID was born to play this role . before seeing this highly recommended (through a co-worker) film , i wasn't sure that woody would allow LARRY to be LARRY so much . as us fans of LARRY's breathlessly funny "CURB YOR ENTHUSIASM" have known for at least seven years now , MR. DAVID is a genius on par with MR. ALLEN . this film is certainly not for all tastes . i'd only encourage people forty years of age or older to see this picture unless they were quite bright and/or sufficiently world weary . fairly soon on the heals of the great "MATCH POINT" , i'm beginning to forgive WOODY (you know why) . on NPR's fresh air WOODY said he wrote this film with ZERO MOSTEL in mind . he put it in a desk after ZERO passed away in the 70s . thank gosh he took it back out and dusted it off and tailored it for LARRY . friggin' hilarious and touching . perhaps the best domestic picture of the year .

4/5 Best Woody for some time. !!
  by Les G. Solomon (NSW, Australia)
Woody Allen's movies get under rated (such as this one) and occasionally because they feature penelope Cruz ("Vicki Christina Barcelona" which I personally disliked immensely) over rated.

This is a little gem and his best movie at least since "Match Point" Its funny, warm and ultimately hopeful and Patricia Clarkson is to die for-along with "Crimes and Misdemeanours", "Annie H", "Interiors", "Manhattan", it's one of my favourites.


5/5 Sublimating!
  by Erol Esen (Webster, NY United States)
Sub-mental response to life like "whatever" maybe acceptable, eventually, to a genius, who can see the `big picture'.

I watched this movie right after watching Food, Inc. This sequence of movies created a bizarre perspective on life in my mind: The meek, who shall inherit the Earth according to the Bible, is not a reference to any group of humans, but to the corn.