Bill Murray is a hilarious misanthrope in comedy-drama ‘St. Vincent’
AT first glance, there was never a more unlikely candidate for canonization than the drunk, disheveled and foul-mouthed Brooklyn misanthrope so winningly played by Bill Murray in the comedy-drama “St. Vincent.’’

Murray’s Vincent has overdrawn the reverse mortgage on his ramshackle house in Sheepshead Bay. He’s so broke that the pregnant Russian prostitute Daka (Naomi Watts) he regularly patronizes — the closest thing he has to a friend — is threatening not to extend any more credit.

His bartender, however, is happy to enable an epic bender that lands Vincent behind the wheel of his convertible — knocking down his fence before staggering inside and ending up unconscious on the kitchen floor of his house. He’s awakened the next morning by new neighbors, whose moving van damages his tree.

Our cynical hero is so desperate for money that he accepts an unlikely job offer from the neighbor — newly single mom Maggie (Melissa McCarthy, toning it way down), who works insane hours as a radiology nurse — to look after her 12-year-old son, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher).

The hard-swearing Vincent not only teaches the skinny and shy Oliver how to deal with a bully at his Catholic parochial school with his fists, but also takes him on field trips to Belmont Park (where Vincent actually wins a bet for once) and his favorite bar. The two of them hang out with Daka, as well.

Even before Oliver and his classmates are assigned by the kindly priest (Chris O’Dowd) at school to choose “everyday saints” for a presentation, we see that Vincent has a virtuous side. He takes Oliver to the Staten Island nursing home where his wife, who hasn’t recognized him in years, lives in comfort. Vincent also turns out to be a Vietnam War hero.

The dramatic part of Murray’s role comes when Vincent suffers a stroke and a devastating personal loss, giving the actor another chance to show what a fine straight actor he can be (as he was in the underrated “Hyde Park on Hudson”).

First-time director Theodore Melfi has admitted the part of Vincent was turned down first by Jack Nicholson — and maybe even that iconic actor couldn’t have done a better job than Murray playing this improbable hero, something that may not be forgotten come Oscar nomination time.

But mostly, the crowd-pleasing “St. Vincent’’ provides Murray with his first comic vehicle in years. It’s a tour de force and a cause for major celebration.
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AT first glance, there was never a more unlikely candidate for canonization than the drunk, disheveled and foul-mouthed Brooklyn misanthrope so winningly played by Bill Murray in the comedy-drama “…