St Vincent

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St Vincent is one of the most heartwarming and truly entertaining comedies that I have seen this year. I would give St Vincent an 8.5/10.

This film had a really clever plot, it's really great balance of comedy as wellas heartfelt character connection was really touching. The pacing was also really good and the film moved well. The music used was also great; I'll never stop laughing at Bill Murray shamelessly dancing to disco.

Melissa McCarthy, who played Maggie, was one of the people to really impress me in this film; normally a comedic actress she showed a lot of depth by playing and excelling in a dramatic role. Chris O'Dowd, who played Brother Geraghty, portrayed a role that just felt incredibly natural; he was brilliantly comedic but also very realistic in his character. Jaeden Lieberher, who played Oliver, excelled in his acting of a leading role in this film; definitely a child actor that is going places.

It was Bill Murray, who played Vincent that really stood out for me in this film. Murray is a comedic actor who excels in leading roles, which is entirely what you get from this film. He owns his role thoroughly, most importantly capturing the dramatic elements incredibly as well. We inevitably see this character as not just a source of comedy but as a tortured soul, which makes the ending for this film all the more joyful for us as a viewer.

St Vincent lacked interesting cinematography, it had a very basic play by play shooting format. I also found that it could be seen that the characters lacked a large enough character growth but rather we as an audience only came to empathise with these characters.

Naomi Watts, who played Daka, was a rather crude character who wasn't really all that interesting; her growth as a character didn't really exist and she was very unlikable. Terrence Howard, who played Zucko, had no screen presence; and really did not need to be in the film.