Win Win (2011)
A lawyer and a volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery attempt to threaten him when client's grandson he gets into troubles comes into his life.
27 August 1974, Long Island, New York, USA
3 May 1968, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
22 May 1977, Campbell, New York, USA
16 May 1977, New Plymouth, New Zealand
19 April 1963, Binghamton, New York, USA
10 March 1972, Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA
7 October 1993, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
10 February 1960, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
May 03, 2015
Tom McCarthy doesn't make great movies, but he makes movies about people I enjoy spending time with.
July 28, 2011
The rare, humanist beauty of Win Win is that none of its characters is a caricature, none of its plot twists a blatant play for tears or laughs, none of its appeal based on some mythical lowest common denominator.
April 04, 2011
[McCarthy's] writing reflects a wariness of human nature but he's not cynical; indeed, the story wraps up with a tenderness that feels true but completely without mush.
August 28, 2013
WIN WIN makes Tom McCarthy three-for-three. Grabbing the affection from the audience is what he wants, and dear reader, he can't lose.
March 11, 2016
Aided by a fantastic cast, featuring the hilarious Bobby Canavale and the wonderfully strong Amy Ryan, McCarthy's film is overflowing with humour, warmth and pathos. Broad but perfectly constructed, it's a win-win situation.
September 02, 2011
Win Win isn't a morality play; it's just a really good story. But it does deal with an issue that couldn't be more relevant: Where do we draw the line when it comes to survival if it means clouding our sense of right and wrong?
May 18, 2011
What's just delightful about this wittily observed and touchingly truthful affair is the fact it offers consistently sherbety entertainment in the moment but ultimately holds to its purpose of saying something useful and genuine about real lives.
August 05, 2015
In a still young movie year, Win Win is already on the mat as one of the best.
June 02, 2013
A thoughtful study of relationships and family dynamics, Win Win wrestles the competition to the ground.
April 07, 2011
In the end the film stacks up just this side of twee, as the sort of quirky fare that's passably entertaining without ever offering anything real or remarkable.
June 20, 2013
McCarthy understands the thrill of incontrovertible victory and our primal lust for it.
April 07, 2011
Giamatti excels as the weak-kneed Mike, nicely working his gift for inner conflict and outer bumbling. As his wife, Amy Ryan is a ballast of unflinching moral certitude.
