Being out of work as a romantic romp? That at least is the suggestion from the trailer of the new Tom Hanks directed comic/drama film "Larry Crowne."

Larry Crowne is a soon to be released film about starting over and passion for what you do. Hanks has always done great work as an actor and as director. I haven't seen the film. It will be interesting to see how Hanks and his Playtone film company handle the subject of downsizing, being underwater on a mortgage as well as reinvention. Universal's story-line of the film reads this way:

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.

The film opens July 1st.