Jerry & Marge Go Large

The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.

Cast

Bryan Cranston

as Jerry Selbee

Annette Bening

as Marge Selbee

Rainn Wilson

as Bill

Larry Wilmore

as Steve

Michael McKean

as Howard

Jake McDorman

as Doug

Anna Camp

as Dawn

Uly Schlesinger

as Tyler

Cheech Manohar

as Eric

Lindsay Rootare

as Mindy

Reviews

Peter McGinn

If you want to pick a movie for a group of friends to watch, where you know how it is, one might be offended by violence, another by sex scenes, and so on, this could be that movie. It is entertaining with excellent leads; we hadn’t seen Bryan Cranston or Annette Bening in anything for a while. I...

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