Win Win is, for the most part, a win.

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2012)

I recently lent my attention to Win Win, Tom McCarthy's directorial follow up to his 2008 film The Visitor.
The movie features some interesting themes, a lot of funny jokes, a great sense of drama, and interesting characters. Paul Giamatti is particularly great in his lead performance, caring, witty, and believable. The rest of the cast is quite good, too. Even Melanie Lynskey and Jeffrey Tambor make something out of under written characters. The movie may not always be perfect, and not all the sub plots are as neatly handled as need be, but Win Win is mostly a win.
*** out of ****