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    Movie Review: GRAN TORINO

    Mommy IrisBy Mommy IrisFebruary 3, 2009Updated:September 19, 20222 Comments4 Mins Read
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    Clint Eastwood directs and stars in the drama “Gran Torino,” marking his first film role since his Oscar® -winning film “Million Dollar Baby.” Eastwood portrays Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed and inflexible Korean War veteran living in a changing world,who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices.

    CLINT EASTWOOD stars as Walt Kowalski in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ drama “Gran Torino,” distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

    Retired auto worker Walt Kowalski fills his days with home repair, beer and monthly trips to the barber. Though his late wife’s final wish was for him to take confession, for Walt—an embittered veteran of the Korean War who keeps his M-1 rifle cleaned and ready—there’s nothing to confess. And no one he trusts enough to confess to other than his dog, Daisy.

    The people he once called his neighbors have all moved or passed away, replaced by the Hmong immigrants, from Southeast Asia, that he despises. Resentful of virtually everything he sees—the drooping eaves, overgrown lawns and the foreign faces surrounding him; the aimless gangs of Hmong, Latino and African American teenagers who all think the neighborhood belongs to them; the callow strangers his children have grown up to be—Walt is just waiting out the rest of his life.

    Until the night someone tries to steal his `72 Gran Torino.

    Still gleaming as it did the day Walt himself helped roll it off the assembly line decades ago, the Gran Torino brings his shy teenaged neighbor Thao (Bee Vang) into his life when Hmong gangbangers pressure the boy into trying to steal it.

    Walt Kowalski (CLINT EASTWOOD) and Thao (BEE VANG)

    But Walt stands in the way of both the heist and the gang, making him the reluctant hero of the neighborhood—especially to Thao’s mother and older sister, Sue (Ahney Her), who insist that Thao work for Walt as a way to make amends. Though he initially wants nothing to do with these people, Walt eventually gives in and puts the boy to work fixing up the neighborhood, setting into motion an unlikely friendship that will change both their lives.

    (L-r) Walt Kowalski (CLINT EASTWOOD), Thao (BEE VANG), Vu (BROOKE CHIA THAO), Grandma (CHEE THAO) and Sue (AHNEY HER) in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ drama “Gran Torino,” distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

    Through Thao and his family’s unrelenting kindness, Walt eventually comes to understand certain truths about the people next door. And about himself. These people—provincial refugees from a cruel past—have more in common with Walt than he has with his own family, and reveal to him parts of his soul that have been walled off since the war…like the Gran Torino preserved in the shadows of his garage.

    I’m not really a fan of Clint Eastwood, though I’ve seen some of his movies. And I can say his performance in this movie is his best work.

    Also Clint Eastwood has stated that Gran Torino might be his final appearance on camera as an actor and if it is true, this is the right time and way to end his acting career.

    Though there is plenty of offensive languages, Gran Torino is an excellent movie. Gran Torino is a very touching film but with it’s fair share of hilarious scenes. It starts great and holds your interest throughout. Gran Torino is a must see movie.

    Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment, a Malpaso Production, “Gran Torino.” The film is directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Nick Schenk, story by Dave Johannson & Nick Schenk. Eastwood, Robert Lorenz and Bill Gerber are the producers, with Jenette Kahn, Adam Richman, Tim Moore and Bruce Berman serving as executive producers.

    The film stars Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Christopher Carley, John Carroll Lynch, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Brian Howe and William Hill.

    The creative behind-the-scenes team is led by Eastwood’s longtime collaborators: director of photography Tom Stern, production designer James J. Murakami, editors Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach, and costume designer Deborah Hopper. The music is by Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens, orchestrated and conducted by Lennie Niehaus.

    “Gran Torino” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.

    Ahney Her Bee Vang Clint Eastwood Eastwood Gran Torino Warner Bros. Pictures
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    2 Comments

    1. Janette Toral on February 3, 2009 9:47 pm

      Great review. I should watch this film. As for Clint Eastwood, he rarely star in movies today as he can be very picky. But once he does, folks can more or less rely that it will be a good one.

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    2. itot on February 4, 2009 8:32 am

      okay ang story pero mejo lame ang arte nila.

      itot’s last blog post..Garmin Nuvi 360 Portable GPS Navigator

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