Whatever Works hardly works

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

By Matt Brunson

WHATEVER WORKS
**
DIRECTED BY
Woody Allen
STARS Larry David, Rachel Evan Wood

It’s a fact that several of Woody Allen’s movies have found him paired on-screen with women decades his junior (Mira Sorvino, Tiffani Thiessen, Mariel Hemingway, etc.). But with Whatever Works, it appears the 73-year-old filmmaker finally drew the line and elected to pair 21-year-old Evan Rachel Wood with someone closer to her own age.

So he sent in 62-year-old Larry David to pinch-hit. (more…)