Larry Crowne (2011) on Netflix
PG-1320111h 38mComedyDramaRomance
Larry Crowne loses his job at a big-box store because he lacks a college degree. He enrolls at East Valley Community College, joins a scooter club and takes Mercedes Tainot's speech class.
- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb6.1/1077,842 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes36%
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Plot summary
Larry Crowne is a middle-aged Navy veteran who worked as a team leader at a big-box store. When the company lets him go over his missing college education, he is divorced, lives alone and could lose his house. Lamar, his neighbor, points him toward East Valley Community College, and Larry signs up, getting around on a scooter he buys from Lamar. Classmate Talia nicknames him Lance Corona and brings him into a scooter club run by her boyfriend Dell Gordo. Larry does well in economics under Dr. Ed Matsutani but stumbles through his first speech for Mercedes Tainot, who goes home each day to her husband Dean and drinks. Larry also takes a job at his friend Frank's diner.
Cast
- Sarah Mahoneyas Samantha
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Larry Crowne (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The screenplay was based on the life of Jim Chandler, a friend of Tom Hanks, and tells of a man going through an unexpected career change.
- The studio reported that 71% of the audience for Larry Crowne, a Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts comedy, was over 50 years old.
