Un ragazzo i cui genitori hanno appena divorziato trova un improbabile amico e mentore nel veterano di guerra misantropo, osceno ed edonista che vive nella casa accanto.Un ragazzo i cui genitori hanno appena divorziato trova un improbabile amico e mentore nel veterano di guerra misantropo, osceno ed edonista che vive nella casa accanto.Un ragazzo i cui genitori hanno appena divorziato trova un improbabile amico e mentore nel veterano di guerra misantropo, osceno ed edonista che vive nella casa accanto.
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- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Premi
- 7 vittorie e 23 candidature
- Oliver
- (as Jaeden Lieberher)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizNaomi Watts learned her Russian accent for her role as Daka by watching YouTube videos and by going to a Russian spa in order to observe mannerisms and dialect.
- BlooperVincent's car alternates between a 1983 model Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country convertible and a 1984 model. The front ends are the same, but the taillights are different between the two model years.
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Brother Geraghty: [Oliver's new Catholic school classmates welcome him, albeit unenthusiastically] Maybe as a 'thank you', you could lead us all in morning prayer.
Oliver: [as the class members bow their heads, he whispers apologetically to the teacher] I think... I think I'm Jewish.
Brother Geraghty: [to Oliver] OK, good to know.
Brother Geraghty: [addressing the whole class] Oliver thinks he's Jewish.
random members of the class: So am I... I'm Buddhist... There is no God...
[now everyone speaks at once, sharing their religious preferences]
Brother Geraghty: Yes, you get the idea. We celebrate all the religions of the world in this room, Oliver. I'm a Catholic, which is the best of all the religions, really, because we have the most rules. And the best clothes. But among us, there is also a Buddhist, agnostic, we have a Baptist, and we have a "I don't know", which seems to be the fastest growing religion in the world. And now, we have "I think I'm Jewish", which is a new one for the class, Oliver, so thanks for that.
- Curiosità sui creditiThe credits play over a scene with Vincent trying to have a cigarette in his backyard and then later watering the lawn.
- ConnessioniFeatured in 72nd Golden Globe Awards (2015)
But don't think you can write the script because Vincent and the motley crew of his life have surprises that do not fit the usual bitter old guy formula. The saving grace is the honesty Murray invests in the role, which requires him also to display caring characteristics not immediately apparent. That we are probably spying into the eccentric character of Bill Murray through Vincent is an added treat.
The catalyst for the clichéd curmudgeon turnaround is a new pre-teen next door neighbor, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher), who is thrust on Vincent for after school babysitting by med-tech mom, Maggie (Melissa McCarthy). While the bonding is to be expected, Vincent and Oliver do a long dance before any saintly traits emerge. Yet Oliver learns what saints don't ordinarily do, like fight and gamble. As we learn, those aren't necessarily negatives.
Although Naomi Watts' Russian hooker is a bit over the top in beauty and heart of gold categories, she manages to project a simple love for Vincent, a symbol for everyone who loves Vincent even as rough as he is. Although Vincent could be loved for only his Vietnam experience, he does low-key, un-Mother -Teresa-like acts of kindness that could qualify him for sainthood.
That's the important theme of this tragicomedy: Being good, loved, and saintly are within the grasp of the most common among us, implying that imperfection is a constant of being human and maybe a bigger credential than piety when that sinfulness is transformed into good deeds.
St. Vincent is an entertaining film with a well-worn message, but Bill Murray, in his finest role since Lost in Translation, transforms it into holiness.
- JohnDeSando
- 16 ott 2014
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- Sito ufficiale
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- St. Vincent De Van Nuys
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, New York, Stati Uniti(St. Patricks)
- Aziende produttrici
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- Budget
- 13.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 44.137.712 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 109.878 USD
- 12 ott 2014
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 54.837.234 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 42 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1