The story of a writer who wakes up one day to discover that she is not as happy with her life as she would have hoped. Much like the woman Julia Roberts plays in Larry Crowne, our hero finds that her layabout husband with his half-assed plans and never fulfilled dreams is not going to be a part of her future. She throws her hands in the air and leaves him. She instantly hooks up with a whiny actor and moves in with him, seeing as she gave all her worldly possessions to her soon to be ex-husband. While living…
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Larry Crowne-Good Old Fashioned Tom Hanks Film
I watched Larry Crowne because of Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman. I especially liked Biff Henderson’s brief cameo in the restaurant. When we meet Larry Crowne he is a very happy employee at a big box store, a kind of cross between Wal-Mart and Target. He loves his job. He comes into work with a smile on his face as he picks up garbage in the parking lot-and he has been Employee of the Month 8 times. This all ends when a number of higher ups in the company fire him-the reason…