Starring Paul Giamatti,
Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale and Jeffrey Tambor, .
Directed by Thomas McCarthy.
Classification: M (Course Language), 106 mins. USA.
Official Site: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/winwin/
Dramatic Comedy
Not your usual Hollywood RomCom -
Win Win is a film primarily a drama with comedic moments of family based absurdities. Totally believable situations occur when Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti), an attorney that's having cash flow problems, is assigned by the court to represent an elderly man - Stephen Vigman's (Jeffrey Tambor) welfare. Unable to locate the Vigman's only daughter, though he doesn't try too hard, Mike takes on the guardianship role as a way of earning extra income. Trouble arises when the Vignman's grandson Kyle (Alex Shaffer) turns up to live with his grandfather, though Mike has already placed him in a retirement home.
The drug addict mother of Kyle, Cindy (Melanie Lynskey) is the catalyst of Mike's moral dilema. Mike, conflicted, must create a win win situation for all concerned.
The casting was brilliant, and though there were a few funny threads throughout, to me this film represented the questioning of morality and ethics in this new economic crisis-filled world. The ending emphasis', a bit too blatant, asking 'what would you do in the same situation'?
Still, it's the only comedy in town... screening nationally.
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