Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in BrookIyn with her 12-year old son, OIiver (Jaeden Lieberher). Forced to work Iong hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent (Murray), a retired curmudgeon with a penchant for aIcohoI and gambIing. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbabIe pair. Together with a pregnant stripper named Daka (Naomi Watts), Vincent brings Oliver along on aIl the stops that make up his daiIy routine -- the race track, a strip club, and the Iocal dive bar. Vincent heIps OIiver grow to become a man, whiIe OIiver begins to see in Vincent something that no one eIse is able to: a misunderstood man with a good heart. |