Si la cosa funciona

Larry David is the mind of the enterprise, and Evan Rachel Wood is the heart. David is a verbal virtuoso, playing the “Woody Allen role” but with his personal shtick.

Kontrasten mellem misantropen Boris og den livsglade Melody er en komisk genistreg.

...their [Allen and David's] misanthropy forms a heavenly chorus during the best moments of Whatever Works, an otherwise wobbly odd-couple comedy.

...a wryly misanthropic study of middle-aged, middle-class mediocrity.