A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
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Bill Murray
Vincent MacKenna
Melissa McCarthy
Maggie Bronstein
Jaeden Martell
Oliver Bronstein
Naomi Watts
Daka Parimova
Chris O'Dowd
Brother Geraghty
Terrence Howard
Zucko
Scott Adsit
David
Lenny Venito
Coach Mitchell
Nate Corddry
Terry
Dario Barosso
Robert Ocinski
Director
Theodore Melfi
Screenplay
Theodore Melfi
Tagline
"With neighbors like these, who needs family?"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$13,000,000
Revenue
$54,837,234
Production
Chernin Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Crescendo Productions, Goldenlight Films
Kamurai
February 24, 2021
Great watch, would watch again, and do recommend. Any movie that gets me to well up with tears is an automatic winner in my book. I always wanted to see Bill Murray play a grumpy old man, and this movie is a little more "About a Boy" than "Up!", but it's a good middle ground between the two. There is something wholesome, even when it's specifically not, about a kid being taught life lesso...
Peter McGinn
September 15, 2022
i had watched this years ago, and upon watching it again recently, I was surprised to see that it features Melissa McCarthy. I must not have been as familiar with her special comedic skills then as I am now or I would have remembered. This is one of my favorite quiet films. It ends up as a feel good movie — one of those where a large group of people appreciate someone at the end. Like anything ...
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