St. Vincent

St. Vincent

Rating 6.5 out of 10

I saw the previews for this a couple weeks ago and it caught my interest.  I like Bill Murray and like Melissa McCarthy when she is more in the Mike and Molly tv show mode as she is here.

Maggie (McCarthy) after a nasty divorce moves into an older neighborhood with a new older, nastier neighbor (Murray).  Vincent is a very rude and nasty guy.  Hardly any redeeming qualities.  He smokes and drinks too much.  Owes everyone money.  Has a cut rate pregnant prostitute (Naomi Watts) visit weekly.  Yet Murray somehow makes us like him.  Maggie is starting a new job and is desperate enough to have someone watch her son after school that she pays Vincent.

I rarely go see a movie during peak times when a theater is packed.  Opening night is not going to happen with me.  This can be an issue when seeing comedies.  Something is much funnier with a theater full of people laughing with you than when you are in with a dozen other movie watcher.  Movies like St. Vincent suffer from this.  A friend of mine said when she saw it in a packed theater she was going to have to go back and see it again due to laughter drowning out the next words.

This movie thanks to Bill Murray has lots of funny laugh at loud parts.  It kinda drags in the middle when it really shouldn't but does wrap up with a touching grab your hanky ending.

I liked this movie.  Good acting.  The little kids is also very good.  I was entertained.