Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022)

Directed by David Frankel · Comedy, Drama

Starring Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening, Rainn Wilson, Larry Wilmore, Michael McKean, Ann Harada, Jake McDorman, Anna Camp, Devyn McDowell, Ana Cruz Kayne, Colton Whitfield, Jackson Whitfield, Uly Schlesinger, Cheech Manohar, Tracie Thoms, Lindsay Rootare, Don Stallings, Subhash Mandal, K.D. O'Hair, Kurt Yue, Joe Pistone, Michael Scialabba, Kenny Alfonso, Evan Bergman, Robert Pralgo, Rick Espaillat, Rhoda Griffis, Tordy Clark, Lindsey Moser, Kristina Kingston, Amber Erwin, Cameron Andrew Howell, Quinn Bozza, David Alexander Kaplan, Abu Jalloh, Jon Frankel, Roger Anthony, Roxy Rivera, Tori Kelly

IHBM7.5Very good

The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.

My review · Reviewed 02/06/2024

If you are looking for a sweet, safe movie with a warm feel to it, you could certainly do worse than this movie. On the surface, this movie is about the lottery and a little bit of math (as a data scientist, I found the latter interesting but I know that I am in the minority). But the real movie is about personal relationships, and the movie (mostly ) does a good job and portraying this theme without beating the viewer over the head with it. I could have watched Cranston and Bening all day long.