Larry Crowne Reviews

Larry Crowne is nothing we haven't seen before and at times feels over-done and cliched.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

Even Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts can't sell this lightweight rom-com fantasy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

This is a sweet movie. It's so sweet, in fact, that it made me realize how cynical I've gotten over time.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Hanks and Roberts clearly seem up for a work-out, but this dull rom-com holds any potential chemistry at the mercy of poor jokes, a meandering plot and unlikeable supporting characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

As much as you might want to like it, the lack of gumption makes it difficult to go all the way.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10

High camp.

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Larry Crowne, Hanks' second effort behind the camera, makes It's a Wonderful Life look like Enter the Void. It's a cute movie that never meant to hurt no one, and that's the best thing I can say about it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Severely lacking in drama, characters and substance.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

It felt like I was being smothered with "feel good" moments. Everything about the story and its characters is too far detached from reality.

Full Review | Original Score: C+

So nice and upbeat and eager to please that other movies might beat it up on the playground.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

While one can appreciate the film's rousing endorsement of our community college system, it's about as realistic as an episode of the TV sitcom "Community."

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Carries about as much dramatic weight as a baby eating a Jaffa Cake.

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...Hanks' and Vardalos' treatment of a middle-aged Joe heading back to the classroom is about as believable as Rodney Dangerfield's Back to School - and not half as entertaining.

Full Review | Original Score: C

Misses every target by a country mile.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

It's not a terrible film but it's also not amusing, feelgood or moving.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

"Larry Crowne" is made precisely for people like Larry Crowne.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

"Larry Crowne" has Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts and a good premise and a colorful supporting cast, but what it doesn't have is a reason for existing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Larry Crowne doesn't come close to providing the rom-com satisfactions of films attached to the names Hanks and Roberts, or writer Nia Vardalos for that matter.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Neither fish nor fowl, Larry Crowne skitters between pathos and shtick, wasting abundant acting talent as it goes.

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It's the neediest movie of 2011, and one of the phoniest.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4

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