Get Low

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  • Opened July 30, 2010 (Limited)
  • 1 hr 42 min
  • PG-13 | some thematic material and brief violent content

  • When much-feared hermit Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) comes to town with a wad of cash and announces his intention to preside over his own funeral, fast-talking mortician Frank Quinn (Bill Murray) smells a big payday in the air. Frank sends his young apprentice, Buddy, to charm Felix and win his business. As the day of the unusual funeral approaches, Buddy uncovers a long-held secret involving Felix, a local widow (Sissy Spacek) and an Illinois preacher. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney
  • Director: Aaron Schneider
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Romance, Suspense/Thriller

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Orlando Sentinel
| Roger Moore

Duvall, an American Lear not going gently into that good night, reminds us that it will be a sad day indeed for movie fans when it's about time for him to Get Low. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| John Anderson

Felix (Duvall) simply wants to host his own goodbye, maybe have a band, and the reasons why are the reasons Get Low is essential viewing. That, and the acting. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Funny, touching and acutely observed film. Read full review

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Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

The pleasures Get Low offers lie in the process of simply getting there, in watching performers take material that has some limitations (the script, inspired by a true story, is by Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell) and turn it into something that has the rough-hewn, no-nonsense veracity of folk music. Read full review

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Lori Beth Edgeman as Kathryn, Lucas Black as Buddy and Bill Murray as Frank Quinn in "Get Low."