Appearances Don't Make the Man
"St. Vincent" is the kind of movie that is sadly being edged out of multiplexes by overblown, mega-budget action flicks. It's a small film about real people with real problems, flaws, and an inherent dignity that reaffirms the fact that there are hard-working, decent people out there.<br /><br />Vincent (Bill Murray) is what you'd call a curmudgeon. He doesn't warm to people and his closed-off attitude keeps others at a distance. For Vincent, this is fine. It allows him to live life as he wants to -- seeing a local lady of the evening (Naomi Watts) regularly, drinking before noon, chain smoking, going to the race track and gambling on the ponies.<br /><br />His life changes when Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) and her son, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher), move in next store. Things get off to a rough start when the moving van Maggie has hired clips a branch of a sturdy old tree in front of Vincent's house.<br /><br />Maggie is a single mother starting a new job as a medical technician that requires her to work irregular, long hours. She can't rely on being around for Oliver after school. When bullies take his wallet and house key, Oliver has to walk home and can't get in his house. Seeing Vincent, he asks to use his phone to call his Mom. Since Vincent's sources of income are limited, he offers Maggie a deal to look after Oliver until she gets home from work. Having nowhere else to turn, Maggie agrees.<br /><br />At this point, director Theodore Melfi allows us a closer look at the lives and backgrounds of Vincent and Maggie. Vincent turns out to be far more complex and interesting than we first perceive. And Maggie is not a mere comedy bouncing board but a very real woman going through hard times and trying to be the best mother she can, all the while harboring guilt because she can't look after Oliver 100% of the time.<br /><br /> Bill Murray does double duty in "St. Vincent." He elicits laughs with his grungy, gruff characterization while showing a depth that lesser screen comedies never bother with. This approach lets us see a multi-faceted individual rather than a dispenser of one-liners. Much of the film's humor derives from the relationship between Vincent and Oliver, as the boy's innocence comes crashing into Vincent's unbridled hedonism. Oliver gets many lessons in life as a result, but far too soon and from the oddest of role models.<br /><br /> Ms. McCarthy, who has built a career playing slovenly, foul-mouthed women in full-out slapstick style, turns in a surprisingly touching, restrained portrayal as Maggie. This is a solid characterization, even though her screen time is far less than Murray's. In fact, she's almost a straight man in the scenes she shares with Murray. Because she's not a wisecracking, jokey mother, we take her Maggie seriously.<br /><br />There is a sub-plot involving a loan shark (Terrence Howard) who is getting impatient for his money that never really goes anyplace significant, but for the most part "St. Vincent" is an engaging portrait of a man whose actions and appearance define him in his community. His past is largely kept to himself, but as we learn about it, we see that Vincent is far more than a Hawaiian-shirted ne'er-do-well loafing on a lounge chair in his back yard, drink in hand. Rated PG-13, "St. Vincent" doesn't have a single explosion or gun shot, but it is a riveting, entertaining study in human nature.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door..