If you loved Waking Ned, try Whatever Works

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Waking Ned

1998 · dir. Kirk Jones

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Whatever Works

2009 · dir. Woody Allen

What they share

Theyboth carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Waking Ned, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Whatever Works is

New York City streets, summer, a chessboard. A crotchety misanthrope and a young runaway collide, then her uptight parents arrive. Woody Allen revisits his comedic roots.

If you loved Waking Ned, try Whatever Works

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What they share

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