So I wasn’t exactly impressed by Melissa McCarthy‘s Tammy (my review here), but that won’t be the last we see of her this year as she also has St. Vincent coming later this year co-starring Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Chris O’Dowd and Terrence Howard.
Set to hit theaters on October 24, St. Vincent centers on a young boy (newcomer Jaeden Lieberher) whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Check out the trailer and complete synopsis directly below.
Maggie (McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent (Murray), a retired curmudgeon with a penchant for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper named Daka (Watts), Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine – the race track, a strip club, and the local dive bar. Vincent helps Oliver grow to become a man, while Oliver begins to see in Vincent something that no one else is able to: a misunderstood man with a good heart.
