St Vincent - 21/12/2014
My 100th film of the year and I get to spend it with Bill Murray!
St Vincent is Gran Torino in disguise. I watched Gran Torino as part of my challenge to watch the top 250 films as recommended by IMDB, and was really surprised by how much I enjoyed it. A grumpy neighbour with serious racial issues becomes friendly with the family nextdoor and pretty much becomes a saint/martyr. St Vincent follows a very similar story line.
When a single mother and her son move in nextdoor to a drunk, abusive and generally grumpy (slightly mad) lonely Vincent, and is struggling with balancing work and family life, Vincent (Bill Murray) unwillingly accepts babysitting duties. As the two generations spend time with each other you start to see a more generous and caring side to Vincent, yet always the bitter life-hating side for what he has gone through in his life.
There are some real moving moments, Bill and his young follower have great chemistry which makes their adventures very engaging, and it is always a pleasure to see Mr Murray seemingly improvise his way through the film. Naomi Watts' Russian accent is something of a mystery, Melissa Mcarthy is brilliant as usual but non compare the Bill. The story is very predictable based on the title and the finale was pretty much expected from the opening credits, but the journey there is well worth it.
May I also say as well, the ending credit sequence for St Vincent is now a must for all films. Every single film now created MUST finish with Bill Murray singing Bob Dylan tracks whilst doing inane tasks. This was just a perfect finish to the film and I sat right the way through till it faded to black.
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