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- 2011
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
- 2011
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
Summary Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty, who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy's mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything...
Directed By: Tom McCarthy
Written By: Joe Tiboni, Tom McCarthy
- 2011
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
- 2011
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
Win Win
75
7.7
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Summary Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty, who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy's mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything...
Directed By: Tom McCarthy
Written By: Joe Tiboni, Tom McCarthy
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
75
85% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
15% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
75
85% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
15% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
In spirit, and sheer joie de vivre, it's everything the movie business should aspire to. Win Win exemplifies movies the way they oughtta be.
Confident enough to simply go with the exotica of average middle-class Americans who are well-intentioned, flawed, and dog-paddling like crazy to keep their heads above water. There's nothing at all unusual about them, and that's unusual.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 88 User Ratings
7.7
83% Positive
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
15% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
2% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 88 User Ratings
7.7
83% Positive
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
15% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
2% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
I honestly can't imagine how someone could dislike this film. It is funny, warm, weird, and overall just incredibly enjoyable. Every character seems genuine and authentic, which is a testament to both the superb cast and the incredibly smart and witty script. Easily the best film of the first quarter of 2011.
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The story wraps up with a tenderness that feels true but completely without mush. The irony of the title fades as Win Win wins you over.
The same kind of keen, empathetic observations that made "The Station Agent" and "The Visitor" so illuminating are at play here, too.
It's a bit less good than McCarthy's earlier films -- Jeffrey Tambor has a large, superfluous role that abruptly disappears, and Ryan, a fine actress, makes a less than entirely convincing spouse for Giamatti. This one is a crowd-pleaser nonetheless.
Win Win is a paragon of truth at a slow jog, but that upbeat sprint to the finish feels like a big cheat.
A disappointing domestic comedy in which all but the audience get what they want.
To Wake Up Without Any Hit.
Win Win
McCarthy's grant that comes along with family's business that is to be dealt with, has too much amount to fulfill your needs. This surprising delightful family drama has the heart in its right place, no matter how much obliged it is to the semantics of the structure or how mechanically complex it grows, McCarthy's schemes to keep a broad smile on your face throughout the journey is an appreciative and successful job. With light humor and breezier conversations, it keeps us at ease with warm cozy chemistry of the characters.
McCarthy's world never takes charge, if there is an option directing towards the south it cannot ignore it and this is his ultimate weapon, for even at its peak there is a sense of maturity or immaturity of the characters to keep a socially pleasant expressions on the face and move accordingly. Addition to that, the unexpected turns and revelations in its trajectory is bewildering enough to bite your nails. The stakes might be immensely high, yet its projection of these imprinted plans, no matter how much less-cinematic is subtle enough to poke you off the edge, there is no need for any push.
Giamatti in his middle aged and no so likeable character, is to be rooted for, from his inadequacy to smile or to clear out his intentions, he is a force to be reckoned with. And challenging him equally, lies Ryan's beautiful performance, as an overprotective mother and a fellow companion of Giamatti, she balance the film on a safer scale. The supporting cast like Tambor, Cannavale, Young and Shaffer are holding onto their parts convincingly. Win Win is a big win as a family drama pulsating across a breathtaking match and McCarthy's bluff of not delivering the last end of the track leaves you a bit wiser in the end.
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I am writing this review because this is the worst movie I have seen in months and I am one of Giamatti's biggest fans so it pains me to say so. To be fair, I went into this movie expecting it to be funny... or at least contain a bit of dark humor and what I got was melo-drama capital C, capital R, capital A, capital P. Lastly, bethesdabob wrote "This movie is ok--realistic and plausible, but it certainly doesn't deserve stellar reviews." and then gave it a 10 out of 10. Dementia much?
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Production Company
Fox Searchlight Pictures,
Everest Entertainment,
Groundswell Productions,
Next Wednesday Productions,
Dune Entertainment
Release Date Mar 18, 2011
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating R
Tagline In the game of life, you can't lose 'em all.
Website
http://www.winwinmovie.com/
Awards
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
• 4 Nominations
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
• 2 Nominations
