Due to such an amateur supporting cast, Eastwood is forced to carry the entire movie on his back. I appreciate the fact that so many first time actors were given the opportunity to work in a mainline movie like this but with a few changes in the writing and characters (most notably, the gangsters) this movie could have been great. Sadly, for me, this movie was one step away from being a bad made for tv movie. I would, however, recommend it for Eastwoods performance because he does give a memorable one. My other criticism is that i would have liked to see the Gran Torino play a more significant role in the story. Unless your like me and love Eastwood, i would suggest waiting for dvd.
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I thought aside from the weak supporting cast the movie was purely top notch. Great directing, strong writing and Eastwood gave an incredibly powerful performance.
You know i would have highly disagreed with that statement hadn't Eastwood ended the movie with himself singing a song
lol, considering everything it really is a well made movie. I wasn't to impressed with the film but i acknowledge the first time cast that Eastwood went with as well as the short amount of time he had on the movie. It's just a small movie that i believe never intended to do to much and because of Eastwoods performance, maybe accomplished a little more than it should have.
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Am I the only one who thinks this looks kind of horrible? I don't know, maybe it's just me, but a movie about a grumpy old racist doesn't seem that appealing to me. Also I don't like Clint Eastwood very much as an actor in his more recent films.
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