Unlike its hard-drinking, curmudgeonly title character, "St. Vincent" wears its heart on its sleeve. Much like this prickly antihero, however, the film has a soft center. Vincent is played by Bill Murray (2014's "The Monuments Men"), and it is his multilayered work—the best role he's had since 2005's "Broken Flowers" or maybe even 2003's note-perfect "Lost in Translation"—and that of co-stars Melissa McCarthy (2014's "Tammy") and newcomer Jaeden Lieberher which transcend writer-director Theodore Melfi's predilection for sap. There is a good type of emotional manipulation and an insulting kind, and "St. Vincent" mostly gets it right.
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