Jerry & Marge Go Large

Last night my friends and I got together for a movie night. This month's selection was 2022's biographical finance dramedy, Jerry & Marge Go Large, directed by David Frankel and starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening. The film also features Rainn Wilson and Anna Camp and is the true story about a retired couple from Evart, Michigan who figure out a loophole which allows them to win the lottery every month.

If you are looking to be entertained for an hour and a half and be told a really good story, then this is the movie for you. This is a great "feel-good" true story about two people who decided to put their talents to good use, in the form of exploiting a loophole in a state lottery. I found it to be very funny and purely entertaining. On top of that, the film teaches the viewer a lesson that wealth is not everything, and neither is being the smartest person in the room. The important things in life are the people that you decide to spend your life with. Brad Copeland wrote a wonderful screenplay, and Frankel did a superb job of turning that screenplay into a film. The performances by our two leads, Cranston and Bening, were brilliant, especially by Cranston whom I felt stole the show.

Jerry & Marge Go Large is currently streaming on Paramount+ and I highly recommend giving this one a watch. With all the negativity going on in the world, this is a good story to restore a little faith in humanity.

Thank you for reading!