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Win Win (2011) 7.2
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Reviews: 103 user | 231 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life. Director:Tom McCarthy (as Thomas McCarthy) |
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Cast
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| Amy Ryan | ... | ||
| Bobby Cannavale | ... |
Terry Delfino
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| Melanie Lynskey | ... | ||
| Alex Shaffer | ... | ||
| Margo Martindale | ... | ||
| David W. Thompson | ... |
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Storyline
Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), 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. Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 April 2011 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend:
$464,420 (USA) (25 March 2011)Gross:
$10,179,275 (USA) (15 July 2011)Company Credits
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Mike Flaherty: Yes, I intend to, if you don't punch her out first.
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Written by Ryan Young and Justin Francis
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Alex Shaffer was indeed the New Jersey state high school wrestling champion the year before the film was made. However, he had to quit the sport due to a back injury. See more »Goofs
When the team is on the bus heading to a match, they are going from their school in NJ to another school in NJ. However, the shot of the road they are driving down is in Rockville Centre, Long Island, NY (one of the admitted locations where the movie was filmed). In traveling from one school in NJ to another school in NJ, there would be absolutely no reason to pass through LI. See more »Quotes
Jackie Flaherty: You're gonna talk to her, right?Mike Flaherty: Yes, I intend to, if you don't punch her out first.
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Until The DayWritten by Ryan Young and Justin Francis
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Paul Giamatti is awesome, simple as that. Such a talented actor, I have yet to see him in a film that I haven't enjoyed. So of course Win Win is the next on the list on his impressive resume, the story was surprisingly quite complex but not difficult to keep track of which is the work of a great director.
The character of Jack is very reminiscent of Giamatti's character from Storytelling, a guy somewhat down on his luck who just can't seem to get ahead or on top of things, of course these films are very different but the similarities are definitely there.
Amy Ryan impressed me a lot, I've never seen her in anything before but after seeing this I look forward to catching other films with her, she has a great presence in screen and her and Giamatti work excellently together... Also worth mentioning is the always fantastic Jeffrey Tambor, equally as cool as Giamatti.
The only thing I thought didn't work was Melanie Lynskey, that woman has one of the sweetest faces and personalities, and seeing her playing a gold digging, backstabbing selfish mother just didn't work. I still love her though.
A nice film that is not groundbreaking, but especially entertaining and pleasant to watch.