Thursday, June 30, 2011

Get Low (2010)

Robert Duvall is the town hermit who, with the help of of local undertakers Bill Murray and Lucas Black, wants his funeral held while he's still alive, and invites the entire town so he can come clean about his past. This is a little slow to start, director Aaron Schneider has a lot of scenes at the beginning with the crotchety and bearded Duvall putzing around his ramshackle property and bickering with an elderly stubborn mule, all accompanied by obtrusive guitar twangs on the soundtrack (Boing!). The acting saves it. Bill Murray doesn't seem believable at first, turns out this is a conscious acting choice, he's quite good. Black brings a nice simplicity to his role, and Sissy Spacek is her usual, great self. The real point of this is Robert Duvall's wonderful performance, and the reason this ended up being a moving experience.

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