Synopsis
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother retrieves him.
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Cast
- Paul GiamattiMike Flaherty
- Alex ShafferKyle
- Amy RyanJackie Flaherty
- Melanie LynskeyCindy Timmons
- Bobby CannavaleTerry Delfino
- Jeffrey TamborVigman
- Burt YoungLeo Poplar
- Nina AriandaShelly
- Margo MartindaleEleanor
- Clare FoleyAbby
Recommendations
- 100
Boxoffice Magazine
A film with a big heart; it's an eccentric dramedy and a crowd pleaser. - 90
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Blessed is the go-for-it movie that can make room for dissonances and weirdness. - 88
Rolling Stone
This movie wins you over, head and heart, without cheating. It's just about perfect. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Win Win, it turns out, isn't a tale of facile victory. It's a movie about how loss makes everyone do things they'll both defend and regret. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Think "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Little Miss Sunshine." In many ways, Win Win fits that mold, which should make it McCarthy's most broadly appealing movie to date. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Pure pleasure to experience. Written and directed by Tom McCarthy 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. - 75
The A.V. Club
Win Win is less quirky than "The Station Agent" and less soulful (and political) than "The Visitor," but it still does little to buck the trend. - 60
Time Out
No matter how predictable his arc is, writer-director Thomas McCarthy (The Station Agent) never loses sight of the difficulties of cashflow and making one's weekly nut. You'll want to give his movie-and his secret weapon, the lovably neurotic Bobby Cannavale, as a recent divorcé hoping to co-coach the team-a pass for sweetness.
