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Recession-era rom-com hard to dislike

Leave it to Tom Hanks to get us through these dire economic times. Better than Michele Bachmann or Rand Paul, President Obama or Ben Bernanke, the man who won an Oscar for playing the fleet-footed simpleton Forrest Gump has figured out how to cope with unemployment, underwater mortgages, and rocketing prices at the pump.

Almost too cute for its own good, "Larry Crowne" stars TomHanks (who also directed) in the title role, opposite Julia Roberts.
Almost too cute for its own good, "Larry Crowne" stars TomHanks (who also directed) in the title role, opposite Julia Roberts.Read more
    by Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic | Columnist
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