"Acting" is what makes a movie great, not special effects or pyrotechnics like in so many mindless BLOCK BUSTERS that take in hundreds of millions of dollars. They are a waste of time. Get Low shows Robert Duvall at his best, like so many of his movies. Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek and Lucas Black also turn in memorable performances. I am not giving away the plot, just watch the movie and you will see some marvelous acting that is well done.

Robert Duvall is and always will be a HUGE star, without being a huge star. This guy has never let an audience down that I know of and yet, he's always been the type of star who's never flashy, never staring in the big movie. He's either in these small movies or his a co-star and that's perfect. He commands the screen without overwhelming you and he does it again in "Get Low".The rest of the cast is delightful as well. Bill Murray knows how to play the guy you get uncomfortable around, but can't help but like and Sissy Spacek has such a wonderful way of playing subdued roles. These people are what making movies is about, or should be.Lucas Black has become one hell of talent as well and his low key approach is always fun to watch.I'm gushing, but having just watched this movie about 2 hours ago, I can't help it. There's humor, there's drama (you'll laugh, you'll cry!) and it's very well balanced. There's a bit of mystery about Robert Duvall's character, Felix Bush that doesn't get revealed until the very end.No, I'm not doing a synopsis of the film, there's plenty of those here and on the main page, but I am praising this 'little' film and wondering why I hadn't heard of it (It's now 6 years old) before? I didn't realize it was based on a true story until I read that here and now the movie seems even better to me. Yeah, I accidentally found it Nexflix and thought, "eh, what the heck? I've got some time to kill." So glad I killed it with this movie.A quick nod to Gerald McRaney and Bill Cobbs. Very nice work on their part as well. No surprises there.

fresh, honest and touching. nothing complicated. only a story. as seed of long solitude. as punishment. as prepare for moment of truth. as prey form. Get Low is product of a wise director and brilliant cast. and this virtues are a great role in the way to present the story. because all is story. strange, warm, fascinating. Robert Duvall who seems so much with Father Sophrony Sakharov. Sissy Spacek who does admirable show of nuances. and Lucas Black in a beautiful artistic exercise or Bill Cobbs as key of measure. so, it is more than a good movie. it is lesson, excellent lesson, about small things. and special trip in heart of past as act to be yourself.a story. an ordinary story. but out of definitions.

Robert Duvall is one of my all-time favorite actors and here he gives a worthy performance as a person suffering guilt, a self-imposed 40 year social exile of being a hermit, and a search for redemption (shades of his "The Apostle" and "Tender Mercies") -- themes he apparently treasures.In this story, word of the death of an acquaintance prompts elderly Felix (Duvall) to think of his own passing and make plans for it. He's been a hermit for 40 years (for reasons revealed at the end of the film) and such a thoroughly cantankerous old codger that the townspeople trade stories and speculate about him.Felix visits the local undertaker (Bill Murray), an oleaginous salesman who'll do anything to make a buck. Felix wants his funeral service before he dies and the undertaker arranges it. The acting of Duvall and Murray make the film come alive and worthwhile. Any other competent actors would have made it a dud.Set in Georgia in the early 1930s (soon after the stock market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression), those world events seem to have no effect on these people. Never mind, the joy of the movie is seeing these two actors display their wares.