25. Larry Crowne (2011) Yikes. This was one of the Hankster’s two directorial credits and it is a dull and lifeless autumn-years romcom, with Hanks playing opposite Julia Roberts, who is every bit as uneasy as the man himself. 24. Elvis Has Left the Building (2004) Hanks has a cameo as a dead Elvis Presley impersonator here; ironic, as he got Covid-19 while on location in Australia filming Baz Luhmann’s Elvis biopic, in which he was due to play Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker. 23. The Da Vinci Code (2006) / Angels & Demons (2009) Hanks is the dashing Harvard symbologist Dr Robert Langdon, who deciphers occult signs in Renaissance artworks about Jesus in these clunky adaptations of the bestsellers by Dan Brown (whose books had specified that the hero resembled Harrison Ford). 22. The ’Burbs (1989) A nosy suburbanite obsessed with his neighbours’ supposed dirty dealings? That’s the role here with which Hanks does his best. Maybe it would have worked better if he was the straightahead good guy whose innocent pastimes were misinterpreted. 21. Road to Perdition (2002) A darker role for Hanks; notable, although it doesn’t really play to his strengths. He plays a mob hitman in… Read full this story
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