Gran Torino (2008)
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 222
Fresh: 177 | Rotten: 45
Though a minor entry in Eastwood's body of work, Gran Torino is nevertheless a humorous, touching, and intriguing old-school parable.
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 47
Fresh: 34 | Rotten: 13
Though a minor entry in Eastwood's body of work, Gran Torino is nevertheless a humorous, touching, and intriguing old-school parable.
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A racist Korean War veteran living in a crime-ridden Detroit neighborhood is forced to confront his own lingering prejudice when a troubled Hmong teen from his neighborhood attempts to steal his prized Gran Torino. Decades after the Korean War has ended, ageing veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) is still haunted by the horrors he witnessed on the battlefield. The two objects that matter most to Kowalski in life are the classic Gran Torino that represents his happier days working in a Ford
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Clint Eastwood
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Bee Vang
Thao -
Ahney Her
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Christopher Carley
Father Janovich -
Brian Haley
Mitch Kowalski -
Geraldine Hughes
Karen Kowalski -
Brian Howe
Steve Kowalski -
Dreama Walker
Ashley Kowalski -
William Hill
Tim Kennedy -
John Carroll Lynch
Barber Martin -
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Chee Thao
Grandma -
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Though the film feels like a requiem, Kowalski's heart is still defiantly beating.
Top CriticThe comedy-drama on release is actually a rather wise, insightful exploration of family and friendship, violence and vengeance.
A brilliant commentary on a lot of earlier Clint Eastwood roles.
If Mt. Rushmore were to make a movie, it would probably look a lot like a Clint Eastwood movie.
It is familiar, but only to a point. Suddenly, that point is past and much more serious questions come up, questions of responsibility, of vengeance, of the efficacy of blood for blood.
This is among his lesser recent movies, which doesn't diminish its likability. In fact, it's pleasing to see Eastwood working the middle of the emotional register for a change.
Covers a lot of ground as it rolls: religion, the toll of war, mortality, what it means to be a man.
Twenty minutes in, we know Walt is eventually going to give the car to the kid. The only question is how.
This would be a fitting conclusion to a long and illustrious career.
Gran Torino is not Eastwood's best film as director or actor but it perfectly encapsulates his onscreen persona and his brilliant directorial career.
Gran Torino is less a sleek hybrid than a multigenre pileup.
Even this one-trick predictable pony is worth seeing when Eastwood is riding.
After the clumsy beginning, the deft writing and excellent acting has so sunk you into your relationship with Walt and Sue and Thao that by the end, I loved this movie, but it took a while to snag me.
Un film posé et d'une grande intelligence émotionnelle qui va au-delà des barrières des croyances ou des origines pour défendre une tradition tout simplement humaine.
Take it for what it is: An old guy who gives himself one last juicy role as the flawed, haunted anti-hero, an old guy who's done this so often that he isn't above making himself look silly as well as heroic (he even croons the title song over the ending c
If this is the end of the road for the Man With No Name, it's a memorable, winning way for him to go out.
Less a great film than a fascinating personal testament
Though Eastwood is not above self-deprecation and, here, downright silliness, Gran Torino is no orangutan movie.
Like a new driver learning to operate a manual transmission, director Eastwood's awkward shifting of tones makes the lurching Gran Torino a frustrating ride.
Clint gets into surly senior power, and while flexing those rejuvenated geriatric muscles, but mostly verbal and otherwise. Though what a tongue lashing, poised to give those Superbad youngsters a run for their money.
Clint Eastwood has become one of Hollywood's best and most dependable filmmakers.
... Starts as one thing, then becomes something else entirely.
It's as vigorous and entertaining a feature as you could expect from a 78-year-old filmmaker star.
Gran Torino is a smorgasbord of Eastwood's skills as filmmaker -- the good, the bad, and the ugly -- and how well you digest it will depend on your appetite.
Un film menor en la carrera de Clint Eastwood, pero no por ello falto de interés o poco entretenido. Si efectivamente se trata de la despedida de Eastwood como actor, entonces se trata de una despedida digna y sentida.
Audience Reviews for Gran Torino
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- Walt Kowalski: That old hag hates my ass.
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- Thao: Hey that's bad for you
- Walt Kowalski: Yeah, so is being in a gang, dipshit.
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- Walt Kowalski: Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? That's me.
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- Father Janovich: Do you have a problem with me, Mr Kowalski?
- Walt Kowalski: You dont wanna know..
- Walt Kowalski: Yes, I do!
- Walt Kowalski: You are an over educated 27 year old virgin who likes to hold hands with older ladies and promise them eternity.
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- Walt Kowalski: You are WRONG, Eggroll!
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- Walt Kowalski: I used to stack fucks likes you five feet high in Korea... use ya for sand bags.
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