Jerry & Marge Go Large

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Jerry & Marge Go Large
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Official release poster
Directed by David Frankel
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  • Amy Baer
  • Gil Netter
Screenplay by Brad Copeland
Based on "Jerry and Marge Go Large"
by Jason Fagone
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Music by Jake Monaco
Cinematography Maryse Alberti
Edited by Andrew Marcus
Production
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Distributed by Paramount+
Release dates
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  • June 15, 2022 (2022-06-15) (Tribeca)
  • June 17, 2022 (2022-06-17) (United States)
Running time
 96 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English

Jerry & Marge Go Large is a 2022 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and written by Brad Copeland. Based on Jason Fagone's 2018 HuffPost article of the same name,[2] the film stars Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening.

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 15, 2022, and was released on Paramount+ on June 17, 2022.

Premise

Married couple Jerry and Marge Selbee live in Evart, Michigan. Jerry retires after working forty-two years as a production line manager. One day, Jerry figures out a statistical loophole to repeatedly win the WinFall lottery in Michigan, and then in Massachusetts. He deduces that by purchasing a sufficiently large quantity of tickets, the "rolldown" guarantees a return greater than the cost of the tickets. Jerry and Marge decide to use the prize money to revitalize Evart.

The film is based on a true story.[3]

Cast

Production

In April 2018, it was reported that Levantine Films and Netter Films would produce a film adaptation of Jason Fagone's HuffPost article "Jerry and Marge Go Large", with Brad Copeland writing the screenplay.[4] In June 2021, it was announced that Paramount+ had greenlit the film, set to be directed by David Frankel and star Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening.[5]

Filming began in July 2021 in Georgia, with Rainn Wilson, Larry Wilmore and Jake McDorman joining the cast.[6][7] In August 2021, Uly Schlesinger, Michael McKean, Anna Camp, Ann Harada, and Devyn McDowell joined the cast.[8]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 15, 2022.[1][9] The film was released on Paramount+ two days later, June 17, 2022.[10]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 68% of 56 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Instead of investing in its tremendously talented stars and outlandish fact-based story, Jerry & Marge Go Large gambles on a pile of worn-out clichés."[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[12]

References

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External links

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