Get Low

"A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive. "

We saw this at the Movie Experience in Temecula last night. Beautiful looking, the art direction and cinematography are wonderful. Even if the rest of the movie stunk I would have enjoyed watching the shadows, the light and the gorgeous shots of the Georgia countryside where the film was shot.

Robert Duvall is excellent, but then he's played a similar part before. Stern, silent, withdrawn and mysterious his

story unfolds a millimeter at a time. He's riveting on the screen as always. 

Sissy Spacek is shot with full turkey neck, crows feet and the other gifts of aging. Her upturned nose hasn't sagged a millimeter and I thought she looked as beautiful as ever. Her character was a bit underdeveloped, but her performance was good. 

Bill Murray was perfect. They wrote great lines for him and he plays perfectly the almost-honest shyster, operating just on the edge of larceny. 

It's surprising to me that lines sneak into period movies that simply weren't expressions used at that time - doesn't somebody check out that stuff? A black preacher (the excellent actor -Bill Cobbs) states, "I'm outta here." 
I think he also said, "Isn't going to happen." These aren't expression used in the 30's and they stick out of the dialogue like a sore thumb - or am I wrong? There were a few others as well. 

There were a few disconnects in the story....the editing could have been better, but it was overall well paced. 

Well worth the $7.50 each, we thoroughly enjoyed the film.