Larry Crowne, Thanks Redbox for being out of everything else

So this is a movie I almost didn't watch. I didn't really want to see Larry Crowne, and didn't really care about what it was about. So tonight when I got to Redbox so I would have a movie to watch while I waited for the inevitable 2012 apocalypse, and found that most things were out of stock, I got this little movie.

First of all, a little about the movie. Its about Tom Hanks playing the title character being fired from his job due to lack of education. He decides to go back to college, and while there meets Julia Roberts. She is a teacher who has lost her way, in a loveless and pretty crappy marriage. She teaches his speech class, which is where about a third of the movie takes place. They of course end up starting to fall for one another, and so on predictably. This is the so so part of the movie to be honest. The truly great parts of the movie take place between Hanks and his friends he has made at his college and with his neighbor (played excellently by Cedric The Entertainer). These relationships are entertaining, and delightful. The movie in general because of these relationships is quite good. Hanks is his normal loveable self, Julia Roberts is charming as always, and the various costars are humorous and stand out.

All in all Larry Crowne is a pretty good movie, especially for 1.28 with tax on a night that could be quite boring. I definitely reccomend seeing it if you get a chance.