Director: Tom McCarthy
There's a growing sentiment that the quality of television now surpasses the quality of movies. The best shows can offer giant story arcs, character development, references to things in seasons long since past - TV shows grow, and movies are just there. Win Win is a pretty great example of why these people have got a good point - while it's a decent film, it simply cannot give us the full character development that this story deserves. Its characters are two-dimensional, but want desperately to become three-dimensional. Its rhythms are too slow for television, and too slow for the 150 minute film that could've fit in all that development.
Win Win is a 'chuckle indie' - a term I just invented for movies that try to be both serious and funny, but never really manage a gut laugh. It's worth seeing for some of the performances, but it's disappointing that it doesn't quite hit the notes it wants to.
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