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December 12, 2008
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Sep 4, 2010
This movie has one of the most interesting main characters I have seen in a very long time, and if it didn't have that it would have gotten a much lower score from me. Eastwood's performance is amazing.
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Jun 19, 2013
One of his best movies yet.We need more movies like this its action and a few funny parts.As of always eastwood is a perfect actor he always gets the job done.
4 of 4 users found this helpful40
Jun 20, 2009
I loved Gran Torino...Clint Eastwood was superb in his "last" role...I cried at the end and found it very moving. I agree that the Priest did not do a good acting job. He was very mis-cast.
2 of 2 users found this helpful
Aug 25, 2009
It's a shame that most of the people can't realize this is not about "gangster / redemption / retribution ", but well, like Lisa Schwarzbaum said: This is subtle, perceptive stuff.
2 of 2 users found this helpful
Dec 29, 2008
Unforgiven was a fabulous Eastwood film. Gran Torino is different but another of Clint's masterpieces. Poignant, funny, raw, emotional.. it has it all and so well.
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Jan 16, 2009
Gran Torino may not be Eastwood's best but it sure ranks in the top 5. While watching the movie you may think the script is all contrived -- until the very ending.
1 of 1 users found this helpful
Feb 9, 2009
This movie was the Bomb! Clint Eastwood knows how to act... no doubt. Don't miss this movie, it will most likely be the last you see staring the great. A+
1 of 1 users found this helpful
Jul 4, 2009
A lot of potential, spoiled by reprehensible acting from everyone except Clint. I was laughing in parts where I really shouldn't have been laughing. But still enjoyable enough to earn a slightly passing grade.
1 of 1 users found this helpful
Nov 24, 2011
I thought it was a really good film. Eastwood has shown us all once again why he is still relivent in acting by giving a great performance that is a typical style that Eastwood has given us in the past.
1 of 1 users found this helpful10
Nov 13, 2013
Gran Torino is gritty and gratuitous.
A great script with a well paced plot. The believability is essential and it elevates the movie. A really good picture all around.
A great script with a well paced plot. The believability is essential and it elevates the movie. A really good picture all around.
1 of 1 users found this helpful10
Jul 15, 2018
Great movie directed and interpreted by Clint Eastwood. Gran Torino is absolutely a must see.
1 of 1 users found this helpful10
Dec 18, 2008
Solid comedy/drama, if a bit corny and stilted at times.
3 of 5 users found this helpful
Jul 26, 2009
Decent performance from Eastwood but really nothing new at all in the gangster / redemption / retribution themes the movie throws up.
2 of 4 users found this helpful
Jan 14, 2009
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Jan 22, 2009
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Feb 24, 2009
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Dec 26, 2008
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Jan 22, 2009
1 of 4 users found this helpful
Dec 31, 2008
All I can say is Clint Eastwood is a legend but legends can make make mediocre movies too. Case in point, Gan Torino, only wish the reviewers had the guts to admit this, instead of acting like fanboys and praising everything Clint Eastwood does.
1 of 4 users found this helpful
Feb 15, 2009
1 of 5 users found this helpful
Mar 1, 2009
Giving this movie a 1 was generous, but I thought they deserved a point for working out how to turn the camera on! The first movie I have ever walked out on; the lack of strength in plot, sceenplay, or acting was cringe-worthy at best.
1 of 5 users found this helpful
Jan 2, 2009
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Jan 5, 2009
Give me a break, this movie stinks. Probably the most overrated movie I remember seeing in the theaters. What's the worst part about Gran Torino? The acting, story line, script, director, characters...take your pick.
1 of 5 users found this helpful
Jan 1, 2009
I just don't understand movies nowadays. The movie was terrible. The story line was horrible. The acting was a joke. This movie was horrendous.
1 of 6 users found this helpful
Jan 15, 2009
1 of 6 users found this helpful
Feb 17, 2009
Not nearly as good as all the hype. Forced dialogue, bad acting, contrived writing
1 of 6 users found this helpful
Apr 10, 2009
All the previous comments by "3 or less" pretty much sum it up. I told my wife I wish I could have those 2 hours back. What a waste of time.
1 of 6 users found this helpful
Jan 26, 2009
Horrible!!! The acting was terrible, Eastwood was over the top, several times growling as if he was going to "hulk" out, the racial slurs really got old by the second half. The story felt like a hallmark tv movie.
1 of 6 users found this helpful
Dec 12, 2008
1 of 6 users found this helpful
Jan 13, 2009
The two Asian siblings' acting is a joke. Paris Hilton could probably out-act them. They make the movie very hard to watch.
0 of 2 users found this helpful
Jan 17, 2009
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Jan 18, 2009
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 2, 2009
One of the best movies I have ever seen
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 16, 2009
For all the people trashing this film, you obviously can't see any of the moral of greater idea of this movie. It wasn't poorly written of directed, if you go looking for things to hate you'll find them. This was a great movie.
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 17, 2009
Can just say wow? I would;ve given this an 8 or nine, but it ticks me off that people give these movies 3's and 0's when they really don't deserve a score that low
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 4, 2009
Now that was just awesome.
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 5, 2009
Greatest movie ever made.
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 5, 2009
Highly disappointing. Slow and poorly written. Basically a sermon on "kids these days".
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 9, 2009
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Jun 21, 2009
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Dec 15, 2008
This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time.
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 16, 2009
This plays like a MADTV parody of Clint Eastwood. Still gets a 2 because I enjoyed laughing at the poorly executed cliches.
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 22, 2009
Excellent entertainment value. Timely theme, well-directed, humorous yet with some sober universal values -- kind of like President Obama's Inaugural speech.
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jan 26, 2009
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Feb 16, 2009
Best Movie of the year. Awesome movie, with some of the best character development I have seen in some time.
0 of 1 users found this helpful
Jun 13, 2009
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Nov 13, 2010
Slow pacing, poor acting and an unbelievable script make this film bad enough, but the continued suggestion that casual racism is acceptable if the other person accepts it "good natured banter" beggars belief.
0 of 3 users found this helpful03
Jun 11, 2013
That film was extraordinary. Drama and action combined perfectly. Clint Eastwood was magnificent. The plot perfect and what was going was crazy. Really liked the ending, was too moving for me.
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Jan 19, 2009
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Jan 8, 2009
An amazing performance by Clint Eastwood, and it astounds me that even as old as he is, he can still make a 20 year old mucle-head piss his pants out of pure bad-assery.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jan 9, 2009
They stopped makin' movies like this 'round 1977. deeply affecting.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Mar 1, 2009
A fantastically worked critique of modern American society. One of the best films i have seen in ages. Eastwood is typically brilliant as both actor and director. There is a reason he came back to acting this film is brilliant.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Mar 9, 2009
Classic Eastwood...gritty portrayal of current urban existence.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jul 2, 2009
Great performances. Great pace. Classic Eastwood ending, as always.
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Jan 10, 2009
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Jan 18, 2009
Just about the time the joke gets old the movie shifts gears. Overall a respectable movie that deserves a look on the big screen. I was surprised. BTW, Clint gets a 4 for his song during the credits.
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Jan 23, 2009
Clint's in a league of his own. If this was his last movie he went out with his boots on. Certainly deserving of all the praise it is getting. Perhaps Hollywood should take some lessons on acting and directing from Clint. Excellent.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jan 25, 2009
Its only shortcoming was the irony of life and a shortage of good young actors.
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Jan 28, 2009
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Jan 31, 2009
This typical Clint Eastwood film exceeded my expectations of a horrible"shoot 'em up" movie. Some parts of the movie really made me want to meet Walt (Clint Eastwood). Over all this movie gets a firm 9/10 from me.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jan 30, 2009
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Feb 15, 2009
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Feb 22, 2009
Incredibly powerful, both humorous and moving at the same time. One of the best films I've seen in a long time.
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Feb 6, 2009
Was very surprised because the trailer made it look like Deathwish or something. I wasn't ready for how funny it was. Then, the last third of the movie became sort of an urban western. Really great and understated film - 10 of 10!
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Feb 7, 2009
Eastwood is cool. Movie made me cry.
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Feb 9, 2009
Funny & Spiritual.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jun 14, 2009
Absolutely amazing film. It's probably my favorite movie this year, if not of all time.
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Jun 24, 2009
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Jun 25, 2009
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Jun 6, 2009
Clint Eastwood's direction makes this film work. It is too overstated, but it's a film that you can't help but admire and like. Great performances all around, and it's well written and very moving.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jul 23, 2009
Surprisingly thoughtful and hopeful in cracking the fault lines between the races and what people fear they don't like or don't know. Cheers to Mr Eastwood for this great film
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Aug 7, 2009
The movie is one of the best films I've seen in years. This is plain and simply a masterpiece made out of a plot that a 10 year old could have written. And that, I have learned, is what separates the true moviemakers from the wannabes.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Sep 25, 2009
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Mar 3, 2010
One of the best movies I have ever seen
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Dec 12, 2008
Gran Torino is the best film of the year and Eastwood's performance is one of the best of all times.He must win the oscar for best actor this year.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Dec 27, 2008
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Dec 29, 2008
Clint Eastwood is excellent in portraying a character you really come to know well and care about.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jan 11, 2009
Best Movie of the Year! A must-see!! I thoroughly enjoyed this film. The racial humor makes you laugh throughout, and the characters have a good on screen rapport that draws you into the story. Very entertaining!
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jan 11, 2009
Suprisingly funny, mabey a bit cliched but I enjoyed it! It ends sadly and reminds me that this may be Clints last movie, a sad thing indeed.
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jan 11, 2009
My boyfriend & I go see movies all the time. I am hard to please when it comes to movies...and this movie was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It has a great plot and well worth the time & money!
0 of 0 users found this helpful
Jan 10, 2009
Great story. Clint still has what it takes. Perfect movie for a 78 year old Dirty Harry.
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Jan 10, 2009
Wow...this film made it to my top 10 list of favorite movies, ever! Aside from a bit of bad acting here and there by the newcomers, I absolutely loved it! Gripping, touching and very emotional...a Do Not Miss movie!
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Jan 10, 2009
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Jan 12, 2009
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Jan 12, 2009
Such and wonderful and powerful movie. Funny and touching all at the same time. Clint gives one of the best performances I've seen in quite a while and he fits the character perfectly.
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Jan 13, 2009
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Jan 13, 2009
Well-wrought storytelling bogged down by wooden performances and an inflated sense of purpose.
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Jan 14, 2009
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