Set in rural Tennessee in the 1930s and inspired by a local legend, this curious comedy-drama stars Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a twinkle-eyed old curmudgeon out of Faulkner. After living as a recluse since the 1890s, he decides to invite suspicious neighbours to attend his 'living funeral', where they'll have the chance to win his 300 acres of land in a raffle. Bill Murray gives a superb performance as the undertaker, an opportunistic but essentially decent man, who organises the event when the pastor turns it down. And an intriguing air of mystery is built up around the revelations Felix plans to make on this bizarre occasion.
But though handsomely shot and designed, this ponderous film is a disappointment. Winston Churchill famously described Russia as 'a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'. Get Low proves to be a platitude wrapped in a banality inside a mystery.
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