Get Low (2010)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 139
Fresh: 118 | Rotten: 21
Subtle to a fault, this perfectly cast ensemble drama is lifted by typically sharp performances from Robert Duvall and Bill Murray.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 2
Subtle to a fault, this perfectly cast ensemble drama is lifted by typically sharp performances from Robert Duvall and Bill Murray.
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Inspired by the true story of Tennessee recluse Felix "Bush" Breazeale, who planned his funeral while he was still alive, director Aaron Schneider's dramatic period thriller stars Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, and Lucas Black. Few folks have spoken with Felix Bush (Duvall) since he disappeared into the Tennessee woods 40 years ago, and the ones who have don't necessarily have the kindest things to say about him. Gruff, confrontational, and ill-tempered, Felix has been the source of
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Cast
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Robert Duvall
Felix Bush -
Sissy Spacek
Mattie Darrow -
Bill Murray
Frank Quinn -
Lucas Black
Buddy, Buddy Robinson -
Gerald McRaney
Rev. Gus Horton -
Bill Cobbs
Rev. Charlie Jackson -
Scott Cooper
Carl -
Lori Beth Edgeman
Kathryn -
Linds Edwards
WKNG Announcer -
Andrea Powell
Bonnie -
Chandler Riggs
Tom -
Danny Vinson
Grier -
Blerim Destani
Gary -
Tomasz Karolak
Orville -
Andrew Stahl
Photographer -
Marc Gowan
Mr. Feldman -
Gracie
Bush's Mule
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All Critics (139) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (120) | Rotten (21) | DVD (5)
Sweet and gentle and occasionally makes you crave a catnap.
Top CriticThat the finale ends up being trite is a shame, but the long, gentle jaunt to arrive there is a pleasurable one.
The creaky foreshadowing is a big problem, and the movie runs in place for most of its second half, though Duvall manages to pull it back on track with his climactic soliloquy, which sobers and silences the carnivalesque funeral party.
Eccentric and ultimately touching.
It contains yet another pitch-perfect performance by Robert Duvall, who has given more great performances over the age of 60 than any actor, probably ever.
It affords Duvall a terrific role, harking back to his screen debut as one of literature's great loners, Boo Radley.
Highly unusual drama - with black comedy elements - which allows Duvall to showcase his refined skills.
Con cuotas de humor y buena observación de personajes, el film se beneficia también de un prolijo diseño de producción y una cuidada fotografía (...)
The ponderous route of the film is livened up by the presence of the deadpan Bill Murray
The mighty Robert Duvall delivers an astounding turn as a man whose soul is burdened by the weight of regret in Get Low.
Basically, it's Hollywood slush dressed up as American Gothic.
It's Duvall's film, and he brings a gravity and poetry to Bush that sets him apart from the script's more prosaic moments.
Get Low is a handmade kind of film. Its ambitions are modest, but fully attained. I rarely use the words ''go see it'', but I hope a lot of people do.
As if it even needs to be said, Robert Duvall really is great as Felix Bush; he reveals himself so slowly and steadily, as to unveil facets of his character and personality only when he sees fit. It's a performance that deserves a better screenplay.
Duvall shines in engaging tale of guilt and redemption
A performance film with soul and heart and a terrific sense of the place and time, with music to match, this is a film for the movie connoisseur
Here's a film that grabs you from the outset and keeps you intrigued throughout its story about life, love and redemption
Robert Duvall is 79 now and still hits it out of the park every time.
A moving morality play about the steep price guilt is capable of exacting on a tortured soul consumed with overwhelming regret.
Duvall's work here has little in way of grand emotional declarations or Oscar-reel moments, but it is a calmly anguished, fiercely committed turn.
Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray lend their mega-watt talents to a undemanding movie. Beautifully shot but let down by an underwhelming final act.
Featuring some enthralling performances from Murray, Spacek and last but by no means least the great Duvall, you might find yourself whimpering unexpectedly in this looming yet comical adaptation of a Tennessee fable.
... as much a celebration of Duvall in the December of his years as anything else. He's mesmerizing to watch -- still able to electrify the screen and disappear into characters despite our familiarity with him
Get Low has all the modest pleasures of a well-told tale.
Get Low's one saving grace is Murray's melancholic presence, which acts as a counterpoint to the rest of the film's desperate-to-be-loved banality.
Audience Reviews for Get Low
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- Felix Bush: They keep talking about forgiveness. "Ask Jesus for forgiveness." I never did nothing to him.
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- Frank Quinn: I sold 26 of the ugliest cars in the middle of December with the wind blowing so far up my ass I was farting snowflakes into July.
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