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Sunday, 7 August 2011

Gran Torino (2008)

Curmudgeonly Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) grumbles racially when a Hmong family become his neighbours. Priceless. We laugh at his disdain and deserved misery. I laughed a lot. Eastwood stars in and directs what is, for me, his best film since Unforgiven (1992).

4 zippers and fish out of 5

3 comments:

Lyedecker said...

it's a good companion to dirty harry series.

Impudent Urinal said...

4½ I thought this would hit a little close to home for Doc out of 5

Dr Faustus said...

Son' bitch is older than me and still gets more respect. Maybe I need a bigger gun.