Thursday, July 2, 2009
Film This Week in Film: Whatever Works
Posted by Lindy West on Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:24 AM
I review Woody Allen's new comedy:
Allen, obviously, maintains his old talent for acidic quips, and Larry David is unparalleled in delivering them. Boris calls Melody "a character out of Faulkner, not unlike Benjy." When she says, "Most colleges just turn out mindless zombie morons," parroting one of Boris's standard lines, he lobs back, "You could benefit from some classes." And he's passable with ye olde Allen neuroses: When someone accuses him of not having an ulcer, he responds, "I said they can't FIND an ulcer—not that I don't have one."
It's not great. But I DID have a dream the other night that I was in a hilarious Three's Company-type roommate situation with Woody Allen and Larry David. The dream was awesome.
Read the full review HERE.
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