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Review by Ty Burr, Boston Globe

In the context of Clint Eastwood's career as a star, an actor, and a filmmaker, "Gran Torino" is an endlessly fascinating movie. If only it were a good one.

Eastwood, of course, has long since reached the point where he can do as he damn well pleases, and one of the things that has pleased him in recent years is to drop a movie at the very end of the Oscar season and thoroughly reshuffle the field. "Million Dollar Baby" was one such movie; this awkwardly conflicted drama about inner-city racism, struggle, and redemption is not. Still, if you want to see Dirty Harry collide with Eastwood's idea of the real world, "Gran Torino" is something to see.

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Release Date: December 12, 2008 (NY, LA; expands: Dec. 19; expands: Dec. 25; wide: Jan. 9)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Nick Schenk
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Christopher Carley, John Carroll Lynch
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for language throughout, and some violence)
Official Website: TheGranTorino.com

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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