Resonating with today's economic issues, is this heartwarming story about Larry (Tom Hanks), an unemployed and divorced middle aged man who enrolls at the local community college to widen his job prospects. Fellow college student Talia (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and the public speaking professor Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts), provide Larry just the right spark needed to pull his life together.
Featured in their comedic roles are a mix of familiar and up-and-coming performers including Bryan Cranston as Mercedes' husband Dean Tainot, Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson as Larry's friends and neighbors Lamar and B'Ella, as well as Wilmer Valderrama as Talia's boyfriend, Dell Gordo. 
Notwithstanding the one dimensional characters and a predictable script, the strong acting make this light romantic comedy an uplifting summer entertainment.
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