Review: Larry Crowne

Review: Larry Crowne

Rating: *

Nonna's Rating: $

Rotten Tomatoes: 36%

Audience: 51%

So disappointing. How could two fine actors like Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts work so well together in a movie like Charlie Wilson's War -- and be so abysmally mismatched in Larry Crowne. How can people lose "chemistry"?

That's just one of the problems with this movie. It's also poorly directed (Mr. Hanks) and poorly written (Mr. Hanks again with Nia Vardalos). Is Hanks' life so separate from those of mere mortals that he's forgotten what it's like to lose a job, go to school, and fall in love? The characters are two dimensional and watching the film feels as if we're peering into an alternate, flattened universe. Finally, two good actors are absolutely wasted: Taraji P. Hensen and Bryan Cranston. And even George Takei, Pam Grier, and Rita Wilson could have been better used. It's a mess. Don't bother.

Nonna's Ratings:

$$$$ = Worth paying the Friday evening price
$$$= Worth paying the Matinee price

$$= Worth a rental
$ = Wait for cable
# = Skip it