Elderly care

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2018)

Paul Giamatti is Mike Flaherty, a down on his luck lawyer who also helps out coaching the high school wrestling team who are lousy. Mike finds out he can get $1500 a month for being a guardian to Leo (Burt Young) a wealthy elderly client who has dementia and who is searching for his daughter.
Mike puts Leo in an old people's home despite he wants to stay in his own house as Mike knows this would be easier and he gets easy money just when he needs it most. However things get complicated when Leo's teenage grandson Kyle (Alex Shaffer) shows up for a visit. Leo's daughter is in rehab. Mike puts up Kyle and finds out that he is a great wrestler which gives the high school team a boost. Then Leo's daughter shows up wanting custody of Leo and she seems more interested in her dad's money.
Win Win benefits from strong performances and a quirky plot which rather glosses over the problems with its story. Everybody is using Leo for their own means. Mike takes on the guardianship for his monthly fees but at least he puts him in a nice home. His daughter just wants money and cares little about Leo which Mike eventually discovers.