It's the easiest pitch in Hollywood: Bill Murray is a cantankerous codger with a hidden heart of gold. What self-respecting (and profit-hungry) film studio wouldn't give that movie the green light?

Vincent almost gleefully repels everyone he meets. But as the semi-ironic title of Theodore Melfi’s “St. Vincent” implies, there’s more to him than a first impression might suggest.

The big news: In its first half, before it bottoms out with the rankest feel-goodery, Theodore Melfi's too-familiar ain't-he-irascible comedy-drama St. Vincent features scene after scene of Bill ...

Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), a struggling single woman, moves to Brooklyn with her 12-year-old son, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher). Having to work very long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in ...