St. Vincent (2014) (original) (raw)

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door. (less)

Director: Theodore Melfi
Writer: Theodore Melfi
Starring: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard, Jaeden Martell
Producer: Peter Chernin

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Review by Brian Orndorf, October 16, 2014

6 / 10

Feel-good filmmaking and Bill Murray rarely occupy the same space. It�s a rare event when the comedy icon can embrace sincerity while retaining his droll persona, and if there�s anyone who�s absolutely mastered the challenge, it�s Wes Anderson, Murray�s frequent collaborator. Although �St. Vincent� tries to sample Anderson�s style here and there, writer/director Theodore Melfi doesn�t have the vision to merge broad antics and emotional wreckage, with the feature gasping for air between a few genuinely successful scenes. Scattershot and artificial, �St. Vincent� is kept alive by Murray, who�s g ...read more...

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