Movie review: Win/Win
Win/Win is a charming film starring Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and Bobby Carnavale.
Giammati plays an honest, hardworking lawyer (and part-time high school wrestling coach) who is falling on hard times. To help support his family, he sort of bends the law and becomes the guardian for an elderly client who is developing dementia, in order to get the $1500/month guardianship fee. After promising the man that he could stay in his home, the lawyer promptly puts him in a (very nice) assisted living facility. Problems ensue when the elderly man's teenage grandson shows up, having run away from home, hoping to move in with his grandfather.
Because this is a movie, the teenager turns out to be a wrestling star, which is just what the lawyer's last-place wrestling team needs. But other than that, I felt the story stayed grounded in reality. And though there is a happy ending, it's not a fairy tale movie ending, which I liked. Paul Giamatti is wonderful as the lawyer who would do anything to protect his family as is Amy Ryan as his down-to-earth wife, who seems to be the only one who can communicate with the teenage boy.
Giammati plays an honest, hardworking lawyer (and part-time high school wrestling coach) who is falling on hard times. To help support his family, he sort of bends the law and becomes the guardian for an elderly client who is developing dementia, in order to get the $1500/month guardianship fee. After promising the man that he could stay in his home, the lawyer promptly puts him in a (very nice) assisted living facility. Problems ensue when the elderly man's teenage grandson shows up, having run away from home, hoping to move in with his grandfather.
Because this is a movie, the teenager turns out to be a wrestling star, which is just what the lawyer's last-place wrestling team needs. But other than that, I felt the story stayed grounded in reality. And though there is a happy ending, it's not a fairy tale movie ending, which I liked. Paul Giamatti is wonderful as the lawyer who would do anything to protect his family as is Amy Ryan as his down-to-earth wife, who seems to be the only one who can communicate with the teenage boy.
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