This was produced by HBO with Larry David as the main character, and he pretty much plays Larry David in a new, more interesting situation. Well, I say more interesting, as I have watched Curb Your Enthusiasm, and it was kind of boring.
Larry (seen to the left as a bearded, hairy guy who you may not actually recognize as Larry David) is a marketing mastermind who is employed by a company that is going to produce a mainstream electric car. He lacks all the social graces that normal people have, just like he did in Curb Your Enthusiasm, and he complains about petty, pointless things, just like he did in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Jon Hamm plays the CEO of the electric car company who is intolerant of Larry's social issues and refuses to allow Larry to come back to work for the company after Larry resigns in anger over a dumb decision... that turns out well for the company, but not for Larry.
Larry's life falls down around him, and he moves to Martha's Vinyard to live out the rest of his life. He settles down as an assistant to a mean old woman. Inevitably, Jon Hamm comes to town, and Larry hatches a plan for revenge with Michael Keaton, Bill Hader, and Danny McBride.
While Larry doesn't seem to actually act so much as be himself, and Jon Hamm's character is so vanilla that pretty much anyone could have played him. Michael Keaton does an outstanding job with his little bit character. He reminds me of when he played the local constable in the Denzel Washington version of Much Ado About Nothing.
All told, the movie wasn't horrible, but it's nothing that will win any awards.
Cinematography was meh
Direction was okay
Acting was hit and miss
Story was made for TV movie
2.0/5