
Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a "huge" inheritance. When he gets there, he finds that it has come in the form of a elephant that was his father's pride and joy in circus acts. His main intention is to sell it off. He must choose between loud and rude zookeeper Mo or attra... (Full plot summary below)
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Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a "huge" inheritance. When he gets there, he finds that it has come in the form of a elephant that was his father's pride and joy in circus acts. His main intention is to sell it off. He must choose between loud and rude zookeeper Mo or attractive animal show owner Terry. As they trek through the country he and the elephant develop a bond, and it changes his approach on life for the better.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn elephant-based comedy that forgets to be funny. |
| Austin ChronicleRobert FairesWith the warmth of Elliott Davis' cinematography and The Band and the Staple Singers on the score, Larger Than Life has much that's appealing for an older, old-fashioned crowd. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergOne of Bill Murray's least enjoyable (and gimmickiest) experiments. |
| Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertNot terribly funny, but the intimations of an older, saltier America in the picaresque plot make this watchable. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyThe elephant, whose last film was Operation Dumbo Drop, steals the three-ring circus with its charming personality and an amazing 50-command repertoire. |
| Los Angeles TimesJohn AndersonDisgracing itself only with McConaughey's over-extended bit as a psychotic trucker, the film delivers more or less comfortably on what you'd expect, then sits down for a rest. |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannLarger Than Life isn't as bad as it sounds, mostly because Murray is so likable and fundamentally incapable of not being funny. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliIsn't loaded with promise, but at least the producers had the good sense to hire Bill Murray. Jack is the kind of irritable, self- absorbed guy that Murray can play perfectly, and the comedian's presence in Larger than Life lifts it to a considerably higher level than it might have otherwise attained. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchHarper BarnesWhile it may sound like pairing Murray with a pachyderm couldn't fail, Larger Than Life suffers from a stifling air of blandness. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyHarmless, but also, unfortunately, almost entirely mirthless, this putative comedy about an unsuspecting man obliged to transport a pachyderm cross-country aspires to a winsome charm that never crystallizes, leaving what’s onscreen to wilt before it ever blossoms. |