Larry Crowne

Larry Crowne
Movie Poster

Theres no doubt that Tom Hanks has delivered some of cinema's greatest films over his career, but away from the box office smashes some of his films should be avoided.

This pairing with Julia Roberts is actually rather pleasant and if your minds can go back to the financial crisis at the turn of the decade then you'll have the context of this movie.

Larry works at a big brand hypermarket and is constantly the employee of the month and always pushes himself to the max when at work. When they decide to downsize Larry gets laid off because his lack of further education means he won't be promoted.  Larry trawls around looking for another job with little success and uses this as an opportunity to get the education he missed out on. Signing up at his local collage he changes his life and falls into the collage set via his warn out scooter. This film is fun and engaging to watch with two actors delivering some good performances. Its a Sunday afternoon film with the family that you don't have to concentrate too hard on. Give it a try !