Tom Hanks plays Larry Crowne, 20 year Navy veteran turned dedicated big box store worker. When he is downsized because of his lack of formal education, he decides to go back to school. He enrolls in Speech, Econ and Writing (although we never see the writing class) and begins to change his life. Julia Roberts plays the speech prof and love interest and George Takei the Econ prof. Hanks meets a young and hip scooter crowd who take liberties with changing his entire persona. This is a feel good romantic comedy of the purest form. Even the things that are difficult in characters lives are so quickly followed by a dramatic, fabulous event that you have no time to wallow in reality. Cruise through this without much emotion, a few laughs and throw it out of your mind when you are done. Rather forgettable.
2 stars (out of 5)
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