A very good film depicting Bill Murray as a guy down on his luck, with an Alzheimer's stricken wife in a home, while he cavorts with a Russian prostitute who is pregnant. Is he the father?
His life takes a turn when the new neighbor, Melissa McCarthy, moves next door with her son. She has separated from her lawyer-husband and is working hard to make ends meet. She hires Murray to baby-sit for the boy and pick him up from school each day. This is done despite their awkward meeting.
The film takes a directly positive turn when an assembly in the lad's school honors saints. The boy has chosen Vincent, the Murray character, as a saint as he has taught him manhood in defending himself. One gets the feeling that the meaning of who saints really are really tested due to Murray's alcoholism, bringing the boy to horse racing events, and teaching him how to defend himself against the class bully.
It's really a tribute to the inner character of people, no matter what traditional society thinks of them, even when the exhibit deviant behavior.
His life takes a turn when the new neighbor, Melissa McCarthy, moves next door with her son. She has separated from her lawyer-husband and is working hard to make ends meet. She hires Murray to baby-sit for the boy and pick him up from school each day. This is done despite their awkward meeting.
The film takes a directly positive turn when an assembly in the lad's school honors saints. The boy has chosen Vincent, the Murray character, as a saint as he has taught him manhood in defending himself. One gets the feeling that the meaning of who saints really are really tested due to Murray's alcoholism, bringing the boy to horse racing events, and teaching him how to defend himself against the class bully.
It's really a tribute to the inner character of people, no matter what traditional society thinks of them, even when the exhibit deviant behavior.