WIN WIN (2011)

Here comes something that you can really watch true to your heart and say I liked it. It’s filled with emotion, achievement and most of all unconditional love. When certain people make certain decisions in their life just to make themselves feel a little better, they sometimes do the wrong thing without expecting the worse to happen. But when things turn out to be not so looking good most might back off or put the blame on someone else. But some people take the situation in to their hand and actually do something to correct them and the lives of others involved. “Win Win” is a story of such individual. 

Briefly put Mike is an attorney who is struggling to keep up his practice going with expenses piling up on his home and family. Running out of options and looking for some extra buck he cheats the court and an old helpless man by becoming his guardian with the intention of claiming the guardian commission. But when the old man’s grandson Kyle suddenly shows up on his door step Mike runs out of options once again and agrees to keep the 16 years old at his place. But soon Mike realizes that this young kid who is homeless and running away from his drug addicted mother is a talented wrestler. Mike being the head coach of the small towns wrestling team put Kyle on his team and his family really starts to like him. But soon things turn ugly when Kyle’s mother shows up expecting other benefits.

Win Win has a nice flow in the plot. It never rushes or never lags. It portrays the slow and dull life in the small town and Mike’s internal sensitiveness towards it. The story put the viewer in some kind of a trance and makes them believe that the characters are real and they have real feelings. And when things happen to them the viewer makes it their own. And that’s brilliant movie making.

There is no magic in this flick. It’s just pure humanity and survival. And no doubt Win Win is a win for all just as the name states.

My Score 4/5

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: Thomas McCarthy

Writers: Thomas McCarthy (screenplay), Thomas McCarthy (story)

 Stars: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and Jeffrey Tambor