This past Thursday night I went to a screening of the new Tom Hanks film Larry Crowne which the actor also directed and co-wrote. Upon being fired from his managerial job at a large retail store (think Wal-Mart), the titular Crowne has to make some adjustments in his life to match his new reality. Told his firing is due to not having a college degree, Crowne enrolls in the local community college and his world expands for the better. He makes friends with a "gang" of scooter riders and meets the lovely Mercy Tainot (Julia Roberts) who teaches a speech class. George Takei also makes an appearance as a maniacal economics professor, Dr. M who takes students' devices with wicked glee. The movie is a benign meditation on the economy and how one might go with the flow of changing circumstances and, instead of losing, winning things that are the most valued in life--friendship and love. Nothing earth-shattering, but pleasant enough. It's nice to see Tom and Julia still in the game.
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