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Gran Torino Reviews

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Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices. The people he once called his neighbors have all moved or passed away, replaced by Hmong immigrants, from Southeast Asia, he despises. Resentful of virtually everything and .. Read more

Starring	Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Brian Haley
Director	Clint Eastwood
Genres	Drama

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  Clint's last as an actor?
  
  This is billed as Clint's last outing in front of the camera and if it is, then it's a great swansong. Admittedly i'm a huge Eastwood fan, so this ... read more »
  
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  - 14 Feb 2009 at 12:09
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  Now there's a great film.
  
  Never really watched any films with Clint in, glad I chose to watch this. A really moving, interesting plot with an aftertaste so good you wish there was more.
  
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- - Ginge27
  - 5 reviews
  - 28 May 2012 at 22:11
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  Too old to be tough?
  
  This is a great film. Some may think can an 80 year old man still play a tough guy roll and the answer has to be, yes, if it is Clint Eastwood. He still stands ... read more »
  
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- - TezzaMM
  - 4 reviews
  - Yorkshire
  - 26 May 2012 at 09:09
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  Unexpectedly Touching
  
  A touching story with moments of black comedy and a bitter sweet ending.
  
  Clint at his finest and great casting all round
  
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  - 8 reviews
  - 19 May 2012 at 16:13
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  Uzis at sundown....grrrrrr
  
  Loved it. Everything about Clint says gravitas. He's got what it takes.
  
  The story has a depth and great drama to it and a style that only serves ... read more »
  
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- - RichPickings
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  - 'kin Bruges
  - 18 May 2012 at 16:28
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  Heart strings tugger with bite
  
  Enjoyed this one. Predictable story line and some of the acting was less than convincing but enjoyed how the characters were linked and it all came together to ... read more »
  
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  - 15 May 2012 at 17:10
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  Gran Tremendous
  
  This is an amazing film. Certainly not just about a car as the name suggests. Clint and the rest of the cast are really effective. Highly recommended.
  
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- - MrAlexD
  - 1 review
  - Cardiff
  - 15 May 2012 at 08:36
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  You need to watch this!
  
  Wow. Just wow.
  
  such a great story!
  
  Just an amazing film. Didn't think it was my thing at all, thought I'd give it a try anyway. ... read more »
  
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- - JeNaNa
  - 1 review
  - 14 May 2012 at 18:44
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  Powerfully moving - Eastwood does it again
  
  A thinking persons film. without a doubt .
  
  Not reliant on flashy eyecandy. Just good actors, working hard to take a story forward, drawing the viewer... read more »
  
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- - Ochso
  - 1 review
  - 12 May 2012 at 21:33
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  be open when you watch it
  
  great film, stick with it and dont bother about the racial slurs by eastwoods character its part of the film
  
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  - 08 May 2012 at 19:48
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  Sublime Performance from Eastwood
  
  Sublime Clint Eastwood at his very best! A powerful movie with incredible acting from Hollywood's stalwart.
  
  Definitely worth a watch for any ... read more »
  
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- - MattyLewin
  - 1 review
  - 08 May 2012 at 03:32
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  Clint's last as an actor?
  
  This is billed as Clint's last outing in front of the camera and if it is, then it's a great swansong. Admittedly i'm a huge Eastwood fan, so this ... read more »
  
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  Grandad Torino
  
  After many good reviews we had high hopes for this film, but ended up leaving after about an hour. Quite simply it was awful. Clint became a caricature of ... read more »
  
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- - mrholmes
  - 2 reviews
  - Egham
  - 21 Mar 2009 at 09:29
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  Gran Torino
  
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  Eastwood at almost 79 years old should get the plaudits for just turning up on set these days, however there's no room for sentimentality here, as though it... read more »
  
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- - Burtonbach
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  - Abertawe
  - 04 Mar 2009 at 23:46
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  you dont mess with the ...eastwood
  
  totally superb. it just wouldn,t work with anyone else.the guy can do no wrong.if this is to be his last screen performance then he goes out on a high.go see it... read more »
  
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- - brian green
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  - 30 Jan 2009 at 21:30
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  Absolute Garbage
  
  Terrible script, poor acting, bad camera work & editing, need i go on.....??
  
  Ok then i will, i had to turn this movie off after an hour, it is ... read more »
  
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- - jonw
  - 4 reviews
  - Aberdeen
  - 15 Jun 2009 at 19:13
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  Eastwood gets better with age!
  
  Clint Eastwood, is one of the few actors ever that personifies what being really cool is all about. Even severely wrinkly,he's STILL cool! And that has alot... read more »
  
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  - 04 Mar 2009 at 00:11
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  Excellent
  
  What a refreshing film. Amidst all the political correctness of today this film is blatantly politically incorrect, with some trulyclassic lines. It's all ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Feb 2009 at 13:46
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  Awful awful boring cliched film!!!
  
  Cant believe how many good reviews this film got! Boring, predictable with Clint Eastwood as a characature! Blah blah blah old daft old man (which is used as an... read more »
  
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- - blackburn21
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  - Knutsford
  - 27 Jul 2009 at 10:06
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  Fantastic
  
  I saw this last night and it is so good, OK suporting actors are not that good, but then I've heard that they are not real actors, Eastwood makes you love ... read more »
  
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- - mad4films
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  - 18 Feb 2009 at 10:57
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  brilliant
  
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  Gran Torino is rumopured to be Eastwoods final film as an actor,if it is,thenm this is a hell of a way to go out. Eastwood plays walt kowalski a bitter ex ... read more »
  
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- - Russell22
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  - Crawley
  - 28 Feb 2009 at 18:21

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  For his fourth directorial feature in the span of two years, Clint Eastwood tells the story of a grizzled Korean War vet's reluctant friendship with a Hmong teenage boy and his immigrant family. Set in contemporary Detroit, GRAN TORINO tackles the shifting cultural and economic landscape of not ...

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  Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices. The people he once called his neighbors have all moved or passed away, replaced by Hmong immigrants, from Southeast Asia, he despises. Resentful of ...