Gran Torino (15)

Can't believe some of the reviews on here - have I been watching a different film to most other people? Script was pretty bad, acting and direction even worse - disappointed.

I was put off seeing this film at the cinema because some reviews i read said it was full of racial stereotypes,well if it is it certainly didn`t spoil my enjoyment.I wish i had made that trip to watch it on the big screen.Bravo Clint!

I enjoyed watching a movie that had something to do with hmong, but the movie just kind of gave the hmong people a bad name. First of all not all hmong is about gangs and violence. Second, the movie is stereotypical of what other's perspective of hmong is when the other party doesn't bother to really understand the hmong tradition.

This is a film about a car, a location and a way of life all of which are for many who watch ancient history, harking back to a time that with just a quick second glance you might dismiss as unfashionable and even al ittle eccentric. Look closer, stand a little longer and as you you watch this film gradually enjoy a new-found liking for the Tourino and its backyard that is Chicago, today. Clint does Clint really well - grumpy, softer underbelly than some of his previous incarnations at the Mr Ugly show. This time he does other nationaliries adapting to the big wide welcome of the Land of the Free to the ethnic minority. I enjoyed the film in the way that you might get to enjoy bench seat automobiles with big tail fins and over-size steering wheels: not what we get around here but when they trun up they've probably got a great story in the glovebox just waiting to be told.

Gran Torino turned me scarlett with embarrassment. A truely dire film, and immensley disappointing. As for suggesting Eastwood deserves an Best Actor Oscar?!! The world's gone mad.....

Love it!

Initially cynical due to mixed reviews I have to say that this is a beautiful and wonderfully crafted film. Clint gives a stellar performance and the simple tale evolves into something very poignant and meaningful. The score is also absolutely brilliant. Touching and a little easier to watch than the brilliant but harrowing 'Changeling'. For me these films are the best of Clint's latest run of films. Fantastic and inspired film making.

Clint Eastwood a remarkable actor,director,man.A talented director sometimes starring in his own films(e.g.The Outlaw Josey Wales,Unforgiven).In the tradition of stars who project pure Americanism and rectify wrongs(Wayne,Cooper).Eastwood shows a willingness to examine his own screen persona(here comically,witness the macho talking scene in the hairdressers).He shows a willingness to engage with contemporary issues,the immigration into formerly all white areas of Hmong Asians,the kind of people he might have fought in the Korean war.He has a warrior ethic and is outwardly bigoted and not religious.However his family are only after his money and they are trying to get him into an old people's home and get his house and car.His real family become his next door neighbours who worship his courage and role-modelling abilities for their son.Ever since The Outlaw Josey Wales Eastwood has shown a propensity for empathy with marginalised people and outsiders.In this film we get echoes of Dirty Harry, Pale Rider and Unforgiven,but of a humanised kind without the fascist overtones. At the age of 78 to act,write and direct a major film is heroic.He suggests a mixing of global and local themes and shows how to wind the audience in with the unfolding of character.This film provides a great laugh but Walt has to make a great sacrifice.Stunning.Not forgetting the dog!

I really enjoyed it. It was a simplistic , warm and witty film. I'm not sure its oscar material , some scenes are a bit 'yeah right' and his transformation from grumpy rascist to good neighbour is a not immediatley convincing but if thats the film clint wants to go out on, then so be it. I like his idea.

The critics are right this time - "Gran Torino" is a piece of tripe, made up mostly of a string of cliché-ed characters and appealing to the lowest common denominator. Very poor screenplay - the scenes with the priest were just about unwatchable. Strictly a vehicle for Eastwood - would have been a lot worse without him in it!