Gran Torino (2008)
Storyline
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.
Directors
Cast
Dreama Walker, Clint Ward, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, William Hill, Brooke Chia Thao, Chee Thao, Choua Kue, Scott Eastwood, Xia Soua Chang, Doua Moua, Sarah Neubauer, Lee Mong Vang, Nana Gbewonyo, John Anton, Austin Douglas Smith, Ramon Camacho, Rio Scafone, Thomas D. Mahard, Arthur Cartwright, Julia Ho, Elvis Thao, Shelagh Conley, Jeffrey Feingold, William C Fox, Tony Stef'Ano, Carey Torrice, Sonny Vue, Greg Trzaskoma, John Johns, Davis Gloff, Conor Liam Callaghan, Michael E. Kurowski, Maykao K. Lytongpao, Carlos Guadarrama, Andrew Tamez-Hull, Antonio Mireles, Tru Hang, Marty Bufalini, My-Ishia Cason-Brown, Rochelle Winter, Claudia Rodgers, Darline Bucchare, Arnold Montey, Jeffrey Scott Basham
Trailer
Reviews
91
A movie at once understated and radical, deceptively unremarkable in presentation and ballsy in its earnestness. Don't let the star's overly familiar squint fool you: This is subtle, perceptive stuff.
90
Village Voice
Above all, it feels like a summation of everything he (Eastwood) represents as a filmmaker and a movie star, and perhaps also a farewell.
90
Perhaps the best thing about Schenk's script is that it enticed Eastwood to end his self-imposed acting hiatus and bring his one-of-a-kind aura back to the screen.
90
Mr. Eastwood is also an adept director of his own performances and, perhaps more important, a canny manipulator of his own iconographic presence.
88
Rolling Stone
A lifetime in movies runs through this prime vintage Eastwood performance. You can't take your eyes off him. The no-frills, no-bull Gran Torino made my day.
