Larger Than Life is a 1996 American road comedy film starring Bill Murray, and directed by Howard Franklin.

The film opens at a convention of recliner salesmen, where Jack Corcoran (Bill Murray) gives a motivational speech based on his book Get Over It.

Jack contacts Mo (Janeane Garofalo) at the San Diego Zoo, who happens to be transporting a herd of elephants to Sri Lanka in a few days.

Jack and Vera board a train bound for San Diego, but the conductor (Keith David) insists on a bribe.

He puts Jack onto an animal trainer in Los Angeles named Terry Bonura (Linda Fiorentino) who works in show business.

The film ends with a series of captions that indicate Jack left his fiancee for Mo, and the couple witnessed the birth of Vera's first calf in Sri Lanka together.

[citation needed] The film opened against six other wide releases, including Romeo + Juliet and Dear God.

Incidentally Bill Murray also appeared uncredited in Space Jam which proved to be much more successful at the box office.

Think of a rampage in a supermarket or a spontaneous grand entrance at a chi-chi social event, and you can begin to see the possibilities".

[2] Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "D" rating and Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote poorly of the script and minor characters "is windy, and the occasional laughs are as heavy-footed as the thunking lead pachyderm herself.

While noting his appreciation of the comedy routines, he was critical of the acting performances: "Murray did his share of ad-libbing here, which is probably a reason why several of the comic sequences work.

As a result, there are long stretches like watching a standup routine shot on location with a very unusual "straight man".

[4] Roger Ebert awarded the film 1 and a half out of 4 stars and was also critical towards Murray's performance: "the energy isn't there.

He chooses to work in a low key, and the other actors, in matching his energy level, make a movie that drones instead of hums".