Larry David plays a self-described 'unlikable genius,' a pessimistic former-professor of physics at Columbia who hates most everyone and sees life as a futile existence; one night, he allows a 21-year-old runaway from Mississippi to sleep on his couch, which changes not just his life but the lives of everyone around him. Lightweight happily-ever-after tale from writer-director Woody Allen begins on too-brash a note, but soon becomes a funny, daffy urban valentine peopled with talent-loving eccentrics and die-hard romantics. Central couple Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood are fine but get completely upstaged once Wood's mother, played by Patricia Clarkson, enters the scene (she's wonderful). An entertaining little comedy about relationships; nothing really memorable, but light on its feet and with several amusing one-liners. **1/2 from ****

Boris Yelnikoff (Larry David) is a misanthrope and former Columbia professor of string theory. He was married to rich Jessica but his debilitating night terrors drive him to jump out the window. It left him with a limp. His motto is "Whatever works as long as you don't hurt anyone". He reluctantly allows clueless Mississippi runaway Melodie St. Ann Celestine (Evan Rachel Wood) to stay with him. Initially, he can't wait for her to leave. Eventually, her positivity makes his life better and they get married. Her mother Marietta (Patricia Clarkson) tracks her down after leaving her father and losing all their money. She hates Boris and sets up her married daughter with Randy James (Henry Cavill). Later, Melodie's father John (Ed Begley, Jr.) arrives.Larry David is playing Larry David and there is an appeal about that. Breaking down the 4th wall adds to that. On the other hand, Evan Rachel Wood is not that dumb. It's a very fake persona and it's very obvious. She's great at wearing skimpy clothing but isn't built to play dumb. That central relationship suffers for it. These are caricatures of southern religious hicks. Nevertheless, there are some funny bits. There is nothing wrong with a curmudgeon Larry David. He's made two successful TV shows with that character.

Boris is a depressed old man with an attempt of suicide. She mets a young attractive girl but she is homeless so he let's let live with him for a short period of time. Soon Melody begins to fall in love with him and they marry. Melody's mother comes into picture and convinces her daughter and a boy at the same age as her will be more proper. Of course argues are not avoided but the story has a happy ending somehow.This is just a drama of a old man sick with his life and what changes are happening when other peoples involves into his life. But the main flaw for me was Melody. She is presented as a homeless person who is sleeping covered in cardboard boxes but during the movie wears many different clothes and she always has make-up on her face. Pretty unusual for a poor girl right?But still the story manage to maintain you in front of the screen for the entire duration and that is the best aspect about this movie.

One of forty films written and directed by the prolific Woody Allen. Boris Yellnikoff, played by Larry David, is a retired nuclear physicist who seems to be committed to a depressingly cynical view of the world. He constantly pontificates his views and philosophies to anyone within ear shot.A young, naïve woman who has run away from her parents in Mississippi enters his life, managing to persuade him to let her stay at his place until she establishes her independence in New York. He tries to shape her character with his observations on life and the unlikely duo end up marrying. The girl's parents, who have split up, eventually track her down and the film moves further into farcical situations.Fairly typical Woody Allen, amusing lines and scenarios but nothing new.