Get Low 2010

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It contains yet another pitch-perfect performance by Robert Duvall, who has given more great performances over the age of 60 than any actor, probably ever. Read more

Michael Phillips, At the Movies: It's a pleasure to see what kind of career Bill Murray craving out for himself with this sort of this choice. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: So richly and comfortably human that it hardly needs the melodramatic amplification of its end. Read more

John Anderson, Wall Street Journal: Schneider tells us the whole story right there, but Mr. Duvall, who's probably looking at another Oscar nomination next year, gives it a heart. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: Even Spacek, whose role is less than challenging, is given space to explore it -- and Murray, Black and Duvall have rarely been better. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: So long as someone's making movies about stoic cranks with stubborn streaks, Robert Duvall will be able to find work. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Duvall's pretty much the whole show here and he's a sight to see. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: The creaky foreshadowing is a big problem, and the movie runs in place for most of its second half, though Duvall manages to pull it back on track with his climactic soliloquy, which sobers and silences the carnivalesque funeral party. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: This film, calm but full of feeling, relays an intriguing story brought to life by some beautiful actors. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Not only Duvall shines. Murray, in case anybody still doubted it, is one of the finest character actors in America. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: Eccentric and ultimately touching. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: No matter how many wily old Southern coots and rascals Robert Duvall has played, he always finds a way to play another one and make him a fresh, unique presence. Read more

Laremy Legel, Film.com: Get Low, starring Bill Murray and Robert Duvall, shows off the lost art of storytelling. Wry, funny, and poignant -- Get Low is a treat. Read more

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: Schneider has fashioned a measured fable, witty and deeply felt, if at times tipping into melodrama. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Sweet and gentle and occasionally makes you crave a catnap. Read more

Anthony Lane, New Yorker: Get Low is deftly played, and it rarely mislays its ambling charm... Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Schneider, who began his career as a cinematographer, films the story beautifully, with particularly subtle and lovely lighting. And the movie has a heck of a cast. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: These three pros take a story that could have been pure schmaltz and spin it into pure gold. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: It's Duvall, spooky, sly, and sad, who makes all the props and the plot twists seem real. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: After you get to a certain point with an actor, you don't much care what he does, you just want to watch him doing it. So it is with Duvall and Murray. Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: All you need to know is that Get Low puts Duvall and Murray in the same movie. Only a fool would want to miss that. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Instead of being good even without Duvall, Get Low is mediocre with Duvall. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Cinematographer-turned-director Schneider lights the film like an old master, and sees the feral glory of his boondocks locations. Read more

Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: It's Duvall and Murray who make Get Low a small, wonderful thing. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Duvall is a true American original. Read more

David Jenkins, Time Out: That the finale ends up being trite is a shame, but the long, gentle jaunt to arrive there is a pleasurable one. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: Duvall is sleepwalking here, displaying none of the unsettling and deep-rooted vitality he brought to such recent films as We Own the Night and The Road. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: With a mix of sly humor, homespun grace and affecting poignancy, Get Low casts a well-nigh irresistible spell while spinning a Depression-era folk tale from the Tennessee backwoods. Read more

Chuck Wilson, Village Voice: Get Low is a pleasure to watch. Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: It affords Duvall a terrific role, harking back to his screen debut as one of literature's great loners, Boo Radley. Read more