Gran Torino has been getting some great reviews, so I checked it out last night. Its a thoughtful movie, great contrast and character development. It had a Karate Kid feel to it, even though it had to do more with Walt mentoring his young neighbor on an emotional level, rather than karate.
There was one major problem- the dialogue is filled with every kind of expletive and racial slur you could ever imagine. For the most part, Clint Eastwood pulls off many of these racial comments in a very comical way as his character is a stubborn, grouchy old man. If you are easily offended by coarse language, avoid it.
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I was SO disappointed with this movie. I wanted to like it, but it just fell short. The acting of the supporting characters was just terrible, and the story was cliched and overly simplistic. The racial language was pretty much pointless, and it felt like entire scenes were created just so more racial epithets could be spewed. I just thought it had a kind of amateur vibe to it (not indie, amateur). I’d say skip this one.
I have to say I really enjoyed the movie… the language was a little over the top in parts but the story was a winner in my book.
I have come to expect a lot more from Clint Eastwood. The message could have been delivered without the need for the extent of coarse language. I kept hoping for more – it never came.