Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Movie review "Whatever Works"

First of all,Id like to say that im not the biggest Woody Allen fan out there.But I have seen most of his movies,with my favorite being Match Point.Because Matthew Goode (the one that was chasing Liberty) was in it.Because of THAT scene and you all know which scene im referring too.King Henry rolling around in mudd with a girl with big lips,I heard her name was Scarlett.
With Whatever Works,dear Woody proves a true Tudors fan by casting Henry Cavill!That is the first,and probably the only,reason I decided to go see this movie.I am in love with this man!I dont have to say why,a picture is worth a million words:
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If you decide to see it for the same reason,you will be disappointed in the beggining.Before you get the opportunity to drool over him,you have to tolerate an hour of a very pessimistic crampy old men in disturbing shorts,living a romance with a girl talking in an annoying southern accent.
But then he comes on,with his leather jacket and that voice I could hear for all eternity.The movie suddenly gets interesting.His role isnt very big,only a few scenes and a few kisses.No sex action :(
What I understood is that Allen is trying to portray the many different american cultures and how a southern family can change by moving up north.
First comes the daughter (Evan Rachel Wood),blonde,naive if not stupid.She marries the old guy (Larry David),who sings "happy birthday" every time he washes his hands and fails to kill himself by going through a window,twice.But in the end she finds love in the eyes of a romantic hottie (Henry) and lives happily ever after on a boat.
Then comes her mom.She is a very typical american.Pageant mom,religious,with pink dresses and a scrunchy.NY turns her into an hippie artist living and sleeping with 2 men(= most weird moment of the movie).
Finally comes the dad.Now he is one of those guys that have a gun and believe blacks,jews and gays are evil.Or at least thats what I thought.He meets a guy at a bar and becomes gay himself.
All that sound like they could make a funny movie,right?Well the truth is I didnt really laugh.The things that were funny in the trailor werent in the actual thing.Moreover,I felt like the characters were all very cliche.Maybe that was the point,but it didnt work for me.
In conclusion,my friend who had seen it before me said it would make me think about life and the way we live it.All I was thinking,is something I already knew:HENRY CAVILL IS HOT!!
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