Win Win (Blu-Ray) (2011)

Editor's Note Paul Giamatti headlines writer/director Tom McCarthy's comedy drama centering on a beleaguered attorney and part-time wrestling coach who schemes to keep his practice from going under by acting as the legal caretaker of an elderly client. Mike Flaherty (Giamatti) thinks he has discovered the perfect loophole to keep his practice in business. But his brilliant plan hits an unexpected hitch when his client's troubled grandson shows up looking for a place to stay. With his home life in turmoil and both of his careers in jeopardy, Mike quickly realizes that he'll have to get creative in order to find a way out of his current predicament.

	Paul Giamatti
	Jeffrey Tambor
	Bobby Cannavale
	Amy Ryan
	Alex Shaffer
	David Thompson - Co-Star
	Burt Young - Co-Star
	Melanie Lynskey - Co-Star
	Margo Martindale - Co-Star
	Oliver Bokelberg - Director of Photography
	Mary Ramos - Music Director
	Lyle Workman - Composer
	Tom McCarthy - Story
	Tom McCarthy - Screenwriter
	Joe Tiboni - Story
	Joe Tiboni - Source Writer
	Tom McCarthy - Director

Box Office
5 stars out of 5 -- "WIN WIN is a film with a big heart; it's an eccentric dramedy and a crowd pleaser." 01/23/2011

Los Angeles Times
"[P]ure pleasure to experience....With an impeccable feel for off-center human comedy at its funniest and most heartfelt, its low-key qualities are so relaxed and unforced every moment feels like a gift." 03/18/2011

USA Today
"[H]andled with a deftly light touch....Contributing to the authenticity is the top-notch ensemble cast, especially the lead performances of Giamatti and Amy Ryan." 03/18/2011

Entertainment Weekly
"As Kyle, newcomer Alex Shaffer finds fresh colors in the old delinquent spectrum, and Giamatti, who's at his best, gives nervous scrambling an undertone of tenderness." -- Grade: B 03/25/2011

Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "This movie wins you over, head and heart, without cheating. It's just about perfect." 03/31/2011

Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "Alex Shaffer, who was cast more for his wrestling than his acting, is effortlessly convincing." 03/24/2011

New York Times
"[F]unny and warmhearted....Mr. McCarthy neatly sets up the elements that will bring about Mike's self-deluding rise, his near-calamitous fall and his eventual redemption." 03/23/2011

Movieline
"Warmly observed....Giamatti and Ryan are reaction-shot geniuses, and it's a pleasure to watch them stretch out in the breathing room McCarthy builds into his scripts." 03/17/2011

Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "There are pleasures along the way: Giamatti's a delight to watch...and Shaffer makes Kyle an endearing character..." 07/01/2011

Sight and Sound
"McCarthy's benevolent drama spins a delicate web of human interests, pulled this way and that by contrary motivations and feelings." 06/01/2011