GET LOW ***½

Aaron Schneider directed this Comedy/Drama. Watch Preview Cast: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black. Rated PG-13 for some thematic material and brief violent content. Running time is one hour and forty-three minutes.

True story of a hermit who lived for forty years in the Tennessee woods. Felix Bush (Duvall) decides it is time to plan his funeral. Organized by a local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), the funeral will be more party than memorial and an event to which anyone and everyone will be invited and at which Bush will reveal a long kept secret.

At first glance this doesn't look like a terrific film but in fact it's the most impressive I've seen in many months. It captures the mood of the South in the 1920's perfectly (at least I assume it does...that's long before my time). Duvall is outstanding in his role as a hermit who can't forgive himself for what happened in the past and who needs, somehow, to set the record straight. Murray bring humor to his part as a funeral director with a failing businesses, along with several chuckles. The rest of the cast are very, very good. I'm guessing most of you won't go see this but you'll be missing a great film if that's the case. Highly recommended. Theatres/Times.