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Gran Torino (2009)
description written by member Zara:
Crusty, inflexible Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) must confront his Hmong immigrant neighbors – and his own long-held prejudices – when the family's teen son, Tao, tries to steal Walt's beloved 1972 Gran Torino. Walt soon assumes the unlikely role of guardian angel to young Tao and his sister, who are vulnerable to disturbing gang influences in this intimate drama from 78-year-old director Eastwood.
| Release Date: | January 9th, 2009 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
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| Written By: |  | Nick Schenk | | Dave Johannson |
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Gran Torino Movie Review by Veronica  (1/9/2009) |
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I liked this movie a lot although parts were predictable, although at the same time, what movies aren't now-a-days? There were a lot of parts in the movie that completely came out of nowhere although the ending was completely a given from the first 5 minutes. I think it was a great date movie however, it had that whole...
(complete Gran Torino review by Veronica)
| Gran Torino Movie Review by William (8/3/2009) |
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Clint Eastwood returns to acting afters 4 years off doing only directing and his performance is top notch and so is the movie. Gran Torino is a drama starring Eastwood as a former auto worker and a Korean War vet who had just lost his wife and has a hate for Hmong immigrants, even the people that live next door. His hate...
(complete Gran Torino review by William)
| Gran Torino Movie Review by Steven (6/13/2009) |
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Clint Eastwood has done more movies than I can remember, and almost all of them, which I have seen, are good to great. "Gran Torino" is one of his best. He plays a war veteran and hates everyone and everything around him except for his lovable dog Daisy. Recently widowed, he sits on his front proch drinking PBR beer and...
(complete Gran Torino review by Steven)
| Gran Torino Movie Review by Lloyd (3/22/2009) |
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Like the movie 'the wrestler' either you care about this racist character or you do not. It was hard at times to feel for this sad character though it looks and feels like a real person. Racism is an ugly word and it exists on every street, block and avenue, and here in this movie, the character Walt is such a mean,...
(complete Gran Torino review by Lloyd)
| Gran Torino Movie Review by James (3/20/2009) |
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Pretty good movie. A little bit too melodramatic, but it rather makes it look classic, like "an old good movie".
I was surprised to realize that such story was filmed nowadays. I could not help from having a buzz of deja-vu when watched it. Maybe it touched some childhood memories about Bruce Lee movies or something...
(complete Gran Torino review by James)
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