In the game of life, you can't lose them all...

Rating: 10/10 (1 May 2011)

The third film for director Tom McCarthy (The Visitor and The Station Agent) and he's batting a thousand with me, as I thoroughly enjoyed this film (shut up, it happens from time to time.) And, to be totally honest, I never doubted that I ...would.
I hate using film descriptors such as "charming" but Win Win is just that. It's a slice-of-life hard-luck story that celebrates the little things so well that you don't mind watching the predictable moral fable unfold before you.
And the cast couldn't have been handpicked any better. Paul Giamatti excels as the everyman's underdog that seeks to do no harm but has a momentary lapse in judgment, as does Amy Ryan in the role of his bitingly sensible wife, and even first time actor (and real-life wrestler) Alex Shaffer manages to hold his own as the troubled Kyle.
If you haven't seen in yet, definitely try to catch it in the theaters while it's still out. Films like this need your support far more than "Sucker Punch" and the like.
Definitely a Win Win in my book (okay, that was cheesy sue me.)