I’ll admit: I knew next-to-nothing about this movie till this trailer came along.

I didn’t know what it was about. Apart from Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts, I didn’t know who else was in this. At first I thought this was Tom Hanks’ directorial debut but I have now learned that that honor goes to That Thing You Do! (thanks Wikipedia!)

Anyway, the first trailer for the film is here and you can have a look at it after the jump.

If you want to see the trailer in HD, you can get it from here.

The official plot synopsis for the film is as follows -

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.

That synopsis may make it sound a little schmaltzy, but I’m really game for this kind of stuff (especially if it’s done well). The trailer itself is… competent. I could have done without that underpants joke and the tag at the end is, well, cliched romcom fluff. Still, not a deal-breaker.

The film comes out in the US on 1st July 2011. Unfortunately, I have no information as of now about its international release dates.

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