Jerry and Marge Go Large

This movie is so much better than I expected when initially seeing its IMDb score. I saw a clip of it in Instagram and thought it'd be an interesting story to watch, but when I saw the rating here I almost gave up on watching it. I'm glad I didn't. The movie was very interesting throughout. It has a great cast and the fact that the story is true makes it all the more engaging. I found myself looking up what the numbers were that Jerry and Marge had made in real life while I was watching it. It is a very compelling, feel good story that will lighten your mood for the day and keep you hooked from beginning to end. Definitely worth a watch in my opinion.

Jerry Selbee (Bryan Cranston) is good with numbers. He's worked for most of his life as the best manager at a plant but is forced to retire. He has a comfortable life with his wife Marge (Annette Bening) and his many friends in a small dying Michigan town. He doesn't know what to do next. He figures out that the lottery has a flaw. His state closes it down, but there is another version in Massachusetts.

For about an hour, this is a non-dramatic story about a bunch of nice people. There is no villain. It's slightly humorous. It's a very simple nice feel-good story. I love Marge's enthusiasm which adds to the humor. The last half hour tries to add a bit of drama by turning one character into a villain. The reporter adds a quasi-ticking clock to the story. All that is fine. At its core, this has two lovely actors playing a lovely couple with a fun bunch of characters in a nice little story.

Steller acting, heartwarming story. No gunfights, no explosions or CGI, just a good story well told. Not enough films like this these days. Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening are perfect for the roles and are superb. Loved the comic relief from Rainn Wilson and Michael McKean's understated performance is very good. Excellent all around.

Great movie for us older folks. The fact that it's loosely based on what happened is the reason I wanted to see this movie. Most of the movies today have so many CGI scenes to make up for a lack of a story line.

Well worth a watch 👍🏽👍🏽

First new movie in a long long looonnngg time that I throughly enjoyed. Great actors playing believable characters, that you liked, and were just decent human beings. No guns, no sex, no CGI showing totally improbably stunts, no cheating husbands or wives, no child actors who were paying cute and only one bad guys that could be excused because he is just young and that you hope may have learned a lesson in being a decent person. Great story based on something that really happened. If you are tired of all the crap that's being put out by Hollywood and yearn for a good old fashioned movie with a wonderful story this is for you.