11/12/2018 1 Comment Whatever works (2009)After a failed suicide attempt, New York former physicist Boris Yellnikoff exchanges his fancy uptown life to slumming it in Chinatown following his divorce. He meets his exact opposite Melody, a pageant queen from the Deep South who's very sweet but extremely stupid, on the stairwell into his apartment. She ran away from home due to committing the sin of sex before marriage. Against all odds, Boris and Melody marry, but it really heats up when Melody's Christian mother arrives and finds liberation instead of damnation in the big city.
The main message of this movie is basically to say whatever works to make you happy- do it. I really liked the way that Woody Allen, the director, had the character develop to really show that whatever works is what you should do. With saying that, do not encourage the extremities that the characters went through, but again whatever works. While watching the movie, I caught onto some interesting things. Like, I thought it was fun to watch Boris reassess his pretty ranking on Melody as she stayed in his apartment longer. It was a bold choice to have Boris talk to the audience and play it off as apart of his character. It worked, but it was very risky- meaning, that in the first scene it was a little weird until the viewer got to know Boris a little. I enjoyed this movie a lot and am so excited to watch other Woody Allen movies to see the common themes.
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