
Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he's worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he becomes part of a colorful community of outcasts, also-rans and the overlooked all trying to find a better future for themselves...often moving around town in a herd of scooters. In ... (Full plot summary below)
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Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he's worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he becomes part of a colorful community of outcasts, also-rans and the overlooked all trying to find a better future for themselves...often moving around town in a herd of scooters. In his public-speaking class, Larry develops an unexpected crush on his teacher Mercedes Tainot (Roberts), who has lost as much passion for teaching as she has for her husband. The simple guy who has every reason to think his life has stalled will come to learn an unexpected lesson: when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might discover your reason to live.
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| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA feeble feel-good fable that you're likely to leave with a very different feeling than the intended one. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumIt's easy enough to accept the romantic-comedy luck of the two finding each another. It's much tougher, and ultimately useless, to buy everything else about this fairy tale of self-reinvention in a stalled economy. |
| ABC Radio BrisbaneMatthew ToomeyIt felt like I was being smothered with "feel good" moments. Everything about the story and its characters is too far detached from reality. |
| Sarasota Herald-TribuneChristopher LloydHere's a movie for adults that's warm and enjoyable, but has brains and ambition. Tom Hanks directs with a soft touch but not a soft head. "Larry Crowne" is like fancy French toast - comfort food with a dollop of aspiration. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongThis is film as comfort food, and even if it has very little nutritional value, its pleasantly bland texture will help keep you occupied until your next job interview or layoff notice. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...a breezy, consistently engaging piece of work. |
| HitFixDrew McWeeny... engaging, constantly warm and funny, and very direct in its ambitions. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA comedy that is simultaneously too broad and luke-warm. |
| Contra Costa TimesRandy MyersIn the end, Larry Crowne is watchable and undemanding, but it doesn't leave a lasting impression. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmThe screenplay misses a good few tricks and the direction frequently renders scenes too long, taking positively ages to wrap things up. |