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Larger Than Life

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Jack Corcoran (Bill Murray) is a struggling motivational speaker who lives by the mantra Get over it! When he learns his circus clown father has died and left him Vera, an 8,000-pound elephant, as an inheritance, he considers only one option: selling his father's beloved pet. He finds two buyers -- but must then get Vera to California, thousands of miles away, in just five days. With the help of an eccentric truck driver (Matthew McConaughey), Jack and Vera set out on one crazy road trip.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
1.5/4
The materials are here to make a good comedy, I guess. The screenplay is by Roy Blount Jr., a funny writer. But the energy isn't there. Murray often chooses to play a laid-back, detached character, but this time he's so detached he's almost absent. Go to Full Review
USA Today 01/01/2000
2/4
Manages to eke out only infrequent, peanut-size pleasures along its lumbering way. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/23/2018
C+
An elephant-based comedy that forgets to be funny. Go to Full Review
Rob Nelson Boston Phoenix 09/05/2009
Of course, the elephant Vera keeps sticking her trunk in where it isn't wanted, literally consuming tons of candy and stepping on Murray's cellular phone. Ha ha. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/07/2005
2/5
Randy Shulman Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) 11/04/2004
2/5
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Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 21 Funny in 1 hour and 33 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG for Mild Language Throughout!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $8,300,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Allison M @AllisonMarlow 12/22/2024 Definitely a hidden gem! It's all Bill all the time in this wonderfully enjoyable movie. I watch it all the time. Quite underrated. See more Ryan C 11/15/2024 A masterpiece about a man with a powerful name and an even more powerful story See more 02/10/2022 Yes, this is the "Bill Murray on a cross country road trip with an elephant" movie. It was directed by Howard Franklin, who co-directed "Quick Change" with Murray in 1990. It's flat out one of my favorite films. What made that work so well was how Murray interacted with various different annoying New Yorkers. He clearly hated them, yet had to humor them to get on with his day. That's sorely missing here. Aside from the opening scene (Murray giving a motivational speech), Murray seems out of his element. It's too "family friendly" cutesy and not funny. Or in the case of Matthew McConaughey's trucker just plain annoying, See more 03/01/2021 The funniest sequence when the elephant steps on the cop's cellular phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 08/02/2020 This movie should be retired. Immensely boring, stupid plot, yet it's main cause of offense is the complete lack of awareness in the use of the elephant. Animals in circuses are now banned in the U.S. and elsewhere due to the cruelty involved in obtaining wild animals and the terrible abuse it takes to train elephants, especially. It's 2020 - we know better now. Let's do better by refusing to air these misleading movies which gloss over the suffering involved in the creation of our pithy entertainment. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jack Corcoran (Bill Murray) is a struggling motivational speaker who lives by the mantra Get over it! When he learns his circus clown father has died and left him Vera, an 8,000-pound elephant, as an inheritance, he considers only one option: selling his father's beloved pet. He finds two buyers -- but must then get Vera to California, thousands of miles away, in just five days. With the help of an eccentric truck driver (Matthew McConaughey), Jack and Vera set out on one crazy road trip.
Director
Howard Franklin
Producer
Richard B. Lewis, John Watson, Pen Densham
Screenwriter
Roy Blount Jr.
Production Co
Majestic Films, Trilogy Entertainment Group, United Artists
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.3M
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Surround
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