Larry Crowne

Movie: Larry Crowne

Genre: romantic comedy

Synopsis: Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) is a retired Navy cook who is recently divorced.  He works at a Target-like store when he is fired because he has not college degree.  So . . . Larry decides to go to a community college, where one of his instructors is Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts).  Mercedes is rather disillusioned with her job.  Through Larry, Mercedes finds a new meaning to her efforts as a teacher and through her, Larry learns how to communicate.  And of course, they discover a mutual attraction.

My two cents: A pleasant and amusing romantic comedy.  I found that Julia Roberts did a better job of showing her attraction Tom Hanks.  It was fun to watch the two of them gradually realize what they felt for each other.  The one who stole every scene he was in was George Takei as an economics professor.

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