(MOVIE REVIEW) LARRY CROWNE

If this movie would have been made in the 90's it would have cost $100M just for salary of the main cast. It also would have made a lot more at the box office. The world has kind of pass Roberts and Hanks by at this point. They don't draw the crowds like they once did and they are starting to see the decline of their once fruitful careers. That said, they actually make a pretty fun (yet completely unbelievable) couple on screen.

Plot: 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 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. Written by Universal Pictures

Thoughts? A cute movie. It's a movie about starting over and finding a new path when you are no longer able to continue on the old path. It's about growing as a person. I actually really like movies like that. I didn't care for them to make Roberts a drunk. That didn't add anything to the character, but I liked her in the movie and loved Hanks. He, as a middle aged man, can still pull off those "awe shucks, golly gee" scenes like a champ. Check the movie out!