ST. VINCENT | FAMILY MOVIE REVIEW INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

"ST. VINCENT"
(2014) (Bill Murray, Jaeden Lieberher) (PG-13)

QUICK TAKE:: Dramedy: A 12-year-old boy from a broken family finds an unlikely role model and source of inspiration in his misanthropic, debt-ridden neighbor.

PLOT:

In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay, Vincent (BILL MURRAY) is the sort of old, cantankerous and disheveled misanthrope that most people tend to avoid. That is, except for pregnant stripper-prostitute Daka (NAOMI WATTS) who has regular paid sessions with him, while horse track bookie Zucko (TERRENCE HOWARD) is interested in Vincent only for the gambling debt owed to him. Money woes are Vincent's biggest concern, mainly stemming from having his senile wife in an expensive nursing home and cared for by the likes of Nurse Anna (KIMBERLY QUINN).

No one outside of that facility knows of that, and that includes his new neighbors who've just moved in next door. And that would be CAT scan technician Maggie (MELISSA McCARTHY) and her 12-year-old son, Oliver (JAEDEN LIEBERHER). They've moved there following the end of her marriage to her lawyer husband with her hoping that Oliver will find guidance at the local Catholic school. While he finds that in one of his teachers, Father Geraghty (CHRIS O'DOWD), he must also contend with the school bully, Robert Ocinski (DARIO BAROSSO), repeatedly harassing him.

When he takes Oliver's school clothes during gym, the boy ends up locked out of his house and thus spends the afternoon with Vincent who's less than pleased with the situation. But when he realizes Maggie needs an after-school babysitter and he needs the money, Vincent decides to take advantage of the situation and offer his services. From that point on, Oliver finds an unlikely role model and source of inspiration in him, all while the kid brings out a softer side and some surprises out of the curmudgeon.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?: They might if they're fans of anyone in the cast or comedies featuring curmudgeon type characters.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13: For mature thematic material including sexual content, alcohol and tobacco use, and for language.

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