St. Vincent

Vincent MacKenna (Bill Murray) is a Vietnam War veteran and retiree living in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn who is the son of Irish immigrants. He is a grumpy alcoholic who smokes and gambles regularly. His wife, Sandy, (Donna Mitchell) developed Alzheimer's Disease years ago and can no longer recognize him, but he still does her laundry for her at the nursing home where she lives and visits her every week, posing as a doctor. Otherwise, Vincent's only other close friends are a pregnant Russian prostitute named Daka (Naomi Watts) and his cat, as he owes many people money. Despite leading a quiet and boring existence, Vincent has many acquaintances who like and respect him. One day, after Vincent's 30-year-old Chrysler Lebaron gets damaged by a tree branch resulting from his new neighbors moving in, Maggie Bronstein (Melissa McCarthy) and her 12-year-old son Oliver, (Jaeden Lieberher) meet Vincent. Maggie is a single mother fighting for custody after her husband had several affairs. Despite this, she is doing her best to provide for Oliver, who is ostracised and bullied at his Catholic school, but is nonetheless knowledgeable and friendly. On his first day at his school, Oliver's phone and house keys are stolen from his gym locker. Oliver asks Vincent if he can stay at his home until his mother comes home from work. Maggie is late and she pays Vincent for babysitting. Now that Vincent has money coming in, Vincent starts babysitting Oliver every day after school because Maggie often has to work late hours. Vincent's ideas of after-school activities involve visits to racetracks and bars, but eventually the mismatched pair begin to help each other mature. Vincent teaches Oliver how to fight, and he breaks his bully's nose, but the two wind up becoming good friends. Vincent and Oliver quickly become close friends and a lucky bet at the racetracks help Vincent to pay off some of his debts. But things do not get any easier for Vincent, as he gambles away the rest of his money, hoping to make more to keep Sandy in her nursing home, as he is behind on payments. Vincent is also attacked in his home by loan sharks, who attempt to take Sandy's jewelry. Vincent suffers a stroke and the thugs leave, but he needs hospitalization and physical therapy. Oliver, Maggie and Daka help Vincent to recover, but he becomes irritable and depressed after finding out that his wife has died while he was hospitalized. After Oliver's father, who is a lawyer, finds out about where Vincent has been taking him, he uses this to get joint custody with supervision, and Vincent is told that he can no longer see Oliver. But Oliver won't give up, so he chooses Vincent as his hero for his "Saints Among Us" project for his school, where he interviews everyone who knows Vincent and compiles his life story together, before naming Vincent as his saint. Daka has her baby and the film ends with all of them at the dinner table happily eating together. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)