Gran Torino

2008

Drama

Clint Eastwood

This movie isn't out yet and won't be until early 2009 but of course if you ever want to find something bad enough turn to the internet. (don't judge me.) This movie stars Clint Eastwood as a bitter, old Korean War vet whose wife recently died and his kids and grand kids don't like talking to him or being around him, but I guess that feeling is mutual with him as well. All Clint Eastwood's character wants to do is be left alone with the few things that he's familiar with, his dog and his Gran Torino. But with his neighborhood and way of life degenerating around him it makes it hard, especially when someone tries to steal his car right out of his garage.

This movie has a bit of the Million dollar baby vibe to it since he ends up making "friends" with a Vietnamese family next door that are in need of help with different things in there lives. There are parts in the movie that surprised me when I heard some of the racial language and things that Clint Eastwood's character called people but it definitely helped to make his character believable.

The entire movie was perfect until the closing credit song, which is a song called Gran Torino and it is sung by...Clint Eastwood. Now Clint is an amazing actor and director but not a singer. He might want to keep his day job.

_McKay R.

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