St. Vincent

Bill est de retour. Et encore génial. Comme s'il complétait la trilogie des personnages de Lost in Translation et Broken Flowers. Mais même si son histoire et les histoires de ses voisins ou de la lady-of-the-night sont racontées dans une ambiance détendue et contiennent une poignée d'épisodes amusants, elles souffrent de manque d'originalité, de sentimentalisme et n'ont rien pour rester gravées dans la mémoire. Toutes ces grimaces comiques, le jeu à la note mentor/garçon ou les créations excentriques de Naomi en tant que prostituée russe sonnent un peu trop artificiels. [San Diego Film Festival] (27/09/2014)

Even though the ending is full of pathos, I didn’t mind it at all. All the while I was watching this movie, I felt such a kind heart from it that the ending put me into an incredibly wonderful mood. Bill Murray plays a grouch who has such great reasons to act the way he does that even had he never starred in another movie I’d always remember him with fondness thanks to this role. But the movie is not about him alone. It’s also about a little boy portrayed by Jaeden Lieberher, his mom, but also about the teacher who’s bringing faith into it, which would usually annoy me just a bit. But in this case, I don’t mind at all, because everything is so beautifully natural and sincere that it gave me the impression that this world can’t be so bad after all. (12/01/2015)

Bill Murray is still far and away the best contemporary American actor to go to see at the movies. And if he's seconded by Melissa McCarthy and Chris O'Dowd and the comedic timing is absolutely spot on? Well, it means one thing. I'm going to watch it again. (02/01/2015)

Bill Murray fait plaisir à voir ces derniers temps, car il est enfin sorti de son carcan d’acteur à l’expression unique qui joue toujours les mêmes personnages. Enfin, il a quelque chose à montrer ! Manifestement, il s’en est donné à cœur joie dans St. Vincent et le résultat est au-delà de mes attentes. Les autres prestations sont du même acabit, notamment avec l’anglais russe de Naomi Watts qui est irrésistible. Un film décontracté, agréable, avec une fin typiquement américaine, mais sur laquelle on peut fermer les yeux. (31/03/2015)

As much as the film scored points here and there, for its thorough study of what my old age will look like, by the end it managed to blow them all with its cunning elegance. These safe bets irritate me, and I still hate myself for them, for the way they show my lowliness by making me predictably amused just by Bill Murray being alcoholically cool and pissing off the whole street. Fortunately, St. Vincent is pretty poorly shot, has downright terrible editing (it looks like they switched to PG-13 at the last minute), and the ending is exactly so wrong and unfunny that the real Vincent would have thrown a shoe at the TV. (01/05/2015)

Once I saw the poster, I told myself that it would be unbelievable nonsense. Well, I couldn't have been more wrong. It's not nonsense. This film got me and surprised me. Bill Murray is great here, but this time he really plays a demanding role. Finally, I got a chance to see Melissa McCarthy in something where she can show that she is a capable actress. And then there's the excellent Naomi Watts, also different than usual. And on top of that, great child actors. I enjoyed this with all the emotions. (19/11/2014)