Hollywood Elsewhere did a mini review of Woody Allen's new film "Whatever Works". It didn't get a great review, but nonetheless I'm still curious about the film just because of Larry David.
Woody Allen's Whatever Works, which opened the Tribeca Film Festival this evening, is a kind of dry farce that isn't naturalistic for a second and is basically about manner and whimsy and bile, and it certainly doesn't go for broke. But it's fairly enjoyable. It's sometimes hilarious, especially when it rips into idiocy and thoughtlessness among the populace, and particularly red-state characters and values. It contains some wonderful zingers including a beautiful anti-NRA joke -- if only Charlton Heston had lived to hear it! And a gem about automatic toilets, and another about Barack Obama and taxis.
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