Woody Allen

If I'd never seen a Woody Allen film before, I'm sure I would have loved Whatever Works. But I'm a fan who has seen most of his films, and as a result I was very disappointed. Here we have little that is fresh. So similar is the lead character to the iconic protagonist usually played by Allen himself, so familiar all his complaints, jokes and wry observations of life, that the film comes off as a caricature of a Woody Allen movie, almost a self-parody. It's entertaining but it's too familiar to be special. I was glad when it was over.