Rating of
2.5/4
Larry Crowne review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 12/03/11
Larry (Hanks) gets downsized because of having an incomplete education. Mercy (Roberts) is a frustrated wife with a husband who watches porn daily claiming to be a blogger. Crowne gets an advice to study and get a degree in college. A friend of his also informed him to work for a “tough but fair” chef. The script was decent and the figure of Larry Crowne was interesting. Unfortunately, the talents of Hanks and Roberts are not enough to make a great film work which entails many factors. The soundtrack was quite good, supporting cast believable; it just lacks the creativeness of a really good story and technical direction. The humor and drama was evident, the romantic angle was just too plain. Its box office performance was considered unsatisfactory, a budget of 30 million and grossing only 35.6 million in the US and 16.8 million in Canada. Numbers may not speak for the quality of the film, still, Larry Crowne for me was a delight and a fresh taste of the depressing economic situation, acceptance, friendships and the sacrifices needed to survive.
