Woody Allen always creeps me out. Whenever I see him I imagine he’s just come from a closet, where he spent the afternoon dry-humping a Hoover. His movies creep me out too, especially the bad ones, but his next one creeps me out even more than normal.
It stars the great Larry David, and according to jsonline it just got a title. Woody is calling it Whatever Works, and it’s a “blackish comedy”. Does he do any other kind?
What makes it creepy is that in the film Larry David plays 20-year-old Evan Rachel Wood’s love interest. Woody Allen’s obsession with cranky old men dating young women continues, he’s just replaced himself with the guy who created Seinfeld. It’s worn out territory for Allen, and somehow only made grosser for the inclusion of David. I have a hard enough time believing women his own age wanting to date Larry, let alone someone who can’t legally drink. At least now it has a title, so we’ll all know what to look for when we want to avoid it.
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While I see where Josh Tyler's skepticism may come in, I think it may be a bit harsh to write the film off as weird so soon. Imagine if this was a "Curb" episode - could be funny. Admittedly, 20 years old is young, but it could also be thought of as a reverse "Lolita" and with those two things in mind, whether they work together or not, there could be potential. I haven't seen an Allen comedy in a while, but "Match Point" definitely showed Allen's skill at portraying forbidden relationships, however that was a drama...
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Woody Allen always creeps me out. Whenever I see him I imagine he’s just come from a closet, where he spent the afternoon dry-humping a Hoover. His movies creep me out too, especially the bad ones, but his next one creeps me out even more than normal.
August 5th, 2008 at 02:42
While I see where Josh Tyler's skepticism may come in, I think it may be a bit harsh to write the film off as weird so soon. Imagine if this was a "Curb" episode - could be funny. Admittedly, 20 years old is young, but it could also be thought of as a reverse "Lolita" and with those two things in mind, whether they work together or not, there could be potential. I haven't seen an Allen comedy in a while, but "Match Point" definitely showed Allen's skill at portraying forbidden relationships, however that was a drama...