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  Review by Thomas McCallum ★★★½ 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Spoiler alert, Bill Murray has a stroke in this completely fictional movie and I nearly cried.

  When Bill Murray dies I'm not leaving my bed for a month.

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★ 14

  Sentimentalism, whether in large or small doses, isn't my type of thing. St. Vincent is definitely sentimental, and it's cliche, predictable, and corny at every possible beat, but the heart and the wisdom of this tale is earnest. Even with the sappiness, the film weaves a story that general audiences will eat up, and what can I say against that? There's much worse they could be viewing this weekend.

  Bill Murray steals the show, and he's the only reason why I kinda enjoyed this. Funny, cocky, and in love with portraying the smart ass; Murray is relishing every minute in a role that might garner Oscar buzz.

  Overall, It's recommended, solely on Murray's work, but if you enjoy some sappy entertainment; this is the film for you.

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  Review by Esteban Gonzalez ★★★½ 2

  “I honestly don’t remember.”

  If you happen to look at the poster for St. Vincent you might go into it expecting a full blown comedy, but you would be surprised because this film takes a much more dramatic and sentimental approach. There are several funny scenes of course because Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy are involved, but it’s also touching and emotional. There are many comparisons in tone with Jack Nicholson’s As Good As it Gets because the lead character is a grumpy old jerk who the audience is forced to sympathize with. It is a very fine line that an actor has to walk through when portraying a character such as this because the performances can seem cartoonish and…

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  Review by Hot Take Nick ★★★½

  What a heart-warming movie featuring a pretty witty screenplay. It was weird hearing Naomi Watts do a Russian accent & I never really figured out what accent Bill Murray was trying to do. But Murray dancing to Somebody to Love was so funny & that speech towards the end brought tears to my eyes. This features a neat end credits scene too.

  Watched in 2022, Ranked

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  Review by Film_Freund ★★★★

  St. Vincent ist übermäßig sentimental, klischeebehaftet, vorhersehbar und zu 100% auf Schmalz getrimmt. Doch der Streifen hat mich aber auf der anderen Seite ebenso in seiner gefühlsbetonten, leicht schrulligen Art erwischt. Und das nicht zu knapp.

  Einen Großteil seiner emotionalen Tragweite hat das Drama dabei Bill Murray zu verdanken, der als kantiger, versoffener, aber auch liebenswerter und lebensgebeutelter alter Mann eine Performance zum Niederknien darbietet. Alleine seine Auftritte machen St. Vincent schon sehenswert. Der erbauliche Score, der ergänzende und rundum tolle Cast (ja, sogar Melissa McCarthy) und die allgemeine Unbeschwertheit sorgen zusätzlich für eine Feelgood-Stimmung, die schnell packt, unheimlich kurzweilig daher kommt und das Herz erwärmt und berührt.

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  Review by Travis Lytle ★★★½ 2

  Fitting into the tonal gray area between melancholy comedy and light-toned drama, Theodore Melfi's "St. Vincent" is a pleasantly low-key charmer about the makeshift families that become the foundation of people's lives. With a standout performance by Bill Murray and story with enough warmth to melt the most cantankerous of hearts, the comic drama is appealing and capably assembled. It is an engaging coming-of-post-middle-age tale.

  Revolving around a single mom and her son who move into a Brooklyn neighborhood only to find themselves in the bad graces of the man next door, "St. Vincent" charts the unlikely friendship between Bill Murray's cranky Vincent and Jaeden Lieberher's impressionable Oliver. The story beats are familiar but fulfilling, and the narrative's strength is…

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  Review by Mr. DuLac ★★★½ 2

  He don't like people. People don't like him. Except you, why you like him?
  -Daka

  It's a big old bag of cliché ridden fluff. Cliché ridden fluff starring Bill Murray however.

  Theodore Melfi makes his feature film directorial debut here from his own script, which is sentimental schmaltz from beginning to end while the film also manages to drop a plot thread or two when convenient. To be fair though if the disappearing plot thread takes Terrence Howard along with it I don't count it as a bad thing.

  The predictability of the film is counter balanced by it's cast. How can you not be entertained by watching Bill Murray give life lessons to a 12 year old kid? Thankfully…

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  Review by serrano

  vin has a perfect jackass smirk on his face during the scene in which he picks oliver up from school and lays on the horn non stop until he is literally in the car, love it.

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  Review by Adam Kempenaar ★★ 6

  ST. VINCENT shows us that even society's lowest and most loathsome ultimately can be redeemed. So I suppose it's fitting that it almost got an extra half star out of me because of a genuinely moving climactic scene – this despite everything about it being a fait accompli within the first 20 minutes.

  Movies are powerful that way sometimes. Maybe too powerful, as I have to wonder if writer/director Theodore Melfi has perhaps seen so many of them that he's no longer able to distinguish reality from fantasy. Punchlines are teed up, bullies arrives on cue, the weakling learns how to throw a good punch, plot complications are too-neatly tidied up while others are further complicated by missed phone calls…

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  Review by Jonathan Edge ★★★ 1

  Unremarkable but solid sentimental feel-good fare. You've definitely already seen this type of movie ten times over and this one certainly isn't doing anything particularly special, but it's at least a pretty effective version of it.

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  Review by Caty Alexandre ★★★½ 1

  Bill Murray saves a film that could have been just another full of clichés usual comedy. As a great actor he is able to carry himself the whole story of the film and all his scenes are absolutely delicious!

  St. Vincent is a funny comedy that tells the story of Vincent (Bill Murray), a former soldier of the Vietnam War, now retired, grumpy, alcoholic and compulsive gambler. Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), a single mother has just moved into the house next door with her son Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher) and Vincent eventually becomes his babysitter. And so begins an unlikely friendship born between Vincent and Oliver. Due to his unbearable temper, Vincent is detested by all and gradually Oliver discovers what all…

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  Review by Boonmee ★ 24

  St. Vincent? They should have called it "For Your Consideration". Well, no, actually that wouldn't do. Christopher Guest already took that title. How about "Cliches: The Movie"? Or "Heartstrings: We're Yanking on Yours"? Or "How to make an Oscar film"? Or maybe just good ole "Cloying Bullshit"? There we go. Simple and to the point.

  Seriously, though, this is terrible.

  I mean actually terrible.

  Not just Oscar bait that kinda failed, but genuinely stomach-turning in its unapologetic, unearned sentiment. I could go scene by scene breaking down the cliches and lazy writing choices, but let's just go with the basic elements:

  So, on one level, we have the curmudgeonly old man who doesn't like anyone and drinks and smokes to…