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The cliche of “old man befriending a young boy in an at-first-hostile-but-eventually-warm-relationship/mentorship” is getting a bit too long in the tooth, especially when it comes to Bill Murray (re: The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Rushmore), but considering how well he does it, why not revisit the concept, right? That’s exactly the stage that’s being set in his upcoming film, St. Vincent.
The written/directorial debut by Theodore Melfi stars Murray as the titular alcoholic war veteran that watches over his neighbor’s (Melissa McCarthy) young son, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher) while she’s at work. While the relationship is frost at first, they eventually warm up to one another as Vincent begins to mentor Oliver, guiding him through the rough waters of puberty. I’m sure there’ll be a major conflict in the film that finds Vincent learning something about himself the same way Oliver learns from him, as is standard of similarly-related films.
Hopefully, Murray’s performance will be enough to make St. Vincent more than an indie film cliche when it hits theaters on October 24th.