WIN WIN

     PAUL GIAMATTI  AMY RYAN  JEFFREY TAMBOR  BOBBY CANNAVALE
     BURT YOUNG  ALEX SHAFFER  MELANIE LYNSKEY

MIKE (GIAMATTI) IS A STRUGGLING LAWYER MARRIED TO JACKIE (RYAN) WITH TWO KIDS.  HE ALSO VOLUNTEERS AS THE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACH WITH HIS TWO FRIENDS VIG (TAMBOR) AND TERRY (CANNAVALE).  THEIR TEAM LOSES MORE MATCHES THAN IT WINS.  MIKE IS THE COURT APPOINTED LAWYER FOR LEO (YOUNG), WHO IS WEALTHY BUT SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA.  DURING A HEARING, MIKE DECIDES TO BECOME THE LEGAL GUARDIAN FOR LEO ONLY SO HE CAN GET THE $1500 MONTHLY STIPEND.  ALL SEEMS GOOD UNTIL LEO'S GRANDSON KYLE (SHAFFER) SHOWS UP, RUNNING AWAY FROM HIS MOTHER CINDY (LYNSKEY).  KYLE ALSO HAPPENS TOP BE A CHAMPION WRESTLER.
WIN WIN HAS IT ALL: COMEDY, DRAMA, ACTION, A WELL WRITTEN STORY AND GREAT PERFORMANCES, MAINLY FROM THE ALWAYS EXCELLENT GIAMATTI.  HE HAS PLAYED THIS TYPE OF DOWN ON HIS LUCK CHARACTER MANY TIMES, AND IT SHOWS IN HIS PERFORMANCE THAT HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT TO MAKE MIKE COMPLETELY BELIEVABLE.  I ALSO FOUND SHAFFER'S PERFORMANCE AS KYLE TO BE QUITE GOOD: HE IS STRUGGLING WITH THE RELATIONSHIP TO HIS MOTHER, TRYING TO FIT IN AT A NEW SCHOOL, GET BACK INTO WRESTLING, LIVING WITH A NEW FAMILY AND GETTING TO KNOW HIS GRANDFATHER. 
RATING  3 out of 5