Whatever Works (2009)

In Woody Allen's new comedy, Larry David plays Boris Yellnikoff, an eccentric, pessimistic New Yorker - a quantum physicist and all round grouch - who abandons his privileged upper class life to lead a more bohemian existence. He meets a young cheerful girl from the South, and when her family get involved the entanglements that follow is a sparkling collision. The witty, brilliant screenplay is vintage Woody Allen; the city of Manhattan a fabulous character; and the terrific cast create a great mix of hilarity, neuroses, joie de vivre and love.