Tom Hanks recently completed his first feature directorial effort since That Thing You Do! with Larry Crowne. Starring with Julia Roberts, Hanks also co-wrote (with Nia Vardalos) the upcoming summer comedy. Universal Pictures has premiered the first trailer and it looks like a light, fun, harmless time at the theater. Check it out below via Yahoo for the film that also stars Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson.
Synopsis:
Oscar® winners Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts reunite for a dramatic comedy about how the hard knocks from today’s recession inspire one everyday guy to undergo a personal reinvention: Larry Crowne.
Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he’s worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he becomes part of a colorful community of outcasts, also-rans and the overlooked all trying to find a better future for themselves…often moving around town in a herd of scooters. In his public-speaking class, Larry develops an unexpected crush on his teacher Mercedes Tainot (Roberts), who has lost as much passion for teaching as she has for her husband.
The simple guy who has every reason to think his life has stalled will come to learn an unexpected lesson: when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might discover your reason to live.
Larry Crowne hits theaters July 1st, 2011.
What do you think of the trailer?