

“A Therapeutic New Comedy”
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.
Director
Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$22,000,000
Revenue
$67,900,000

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Randall
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."