Review: Get Low

Review: Get Low

Rating: ***

Nonna's Rating: $$$

Rotten Tomatoes: 86%

It's a simple, little story set in the Despression -- hardly enough to make a movie. Robert Duvall portrays a Tennessee recluse, a man who has stayed as far away from people as possible for 40 years. Nearing the end of his life, he decides that he will use his savings to throw himself a funeral -- which he plans to attend. He does this hoping that the people who have known him will tell stories about him; he wants them to tell the one story he can't bear to tell.

Bill Murray plays the funeral director who assists him in his plans. Again, Murray shows us his considerable acting talent. I found it impossible not to imagine his character's likely colorful backstory: a series of careers cut short by a series of indiscretions, I'm sure.

At the end of the film, Duvall makes a speech which reminds us why we have loved to watch his movies for the past 50 years. He makes a confession and, in turn, is given grace and redemption.

Nonna's Ratings:

$$$$ = Worth paying the Friday evening price
$$$= Worth paying the Matinee price

$$= Worth a rental
$ = Wait for cable
# = Skip it