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Gran Torino

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Retired auto worker and Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) fills emptiness in his life with beer and home repair, despising the many Asian, Latino and black families in his neighborhood. Walt becomes a reluctant hero when he stands up to the gangbangers who tried to force an Asian teen to steal Walt's treasured car. An unlikely friendship develops between Walt and the teen, as he learns he has more in common with his neighbors than he thought.
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Though a minor entry in Eastwood's body of work, Gran Torino is nevertheless a humorous, touching, and intriguing old-school parable.

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Deborah Ross The Spectator It is a flawed movie, vastly overwritten, with characters pointing things out that we've long worked out for ourselves. Still, the self-referentiality of Eastwood's performance ensures that Gran Torino isn't just absorbing, but also moving. Aug 29, 2018 Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Seeing Eastwood ward off young gangsters was odd... well, but he pulled it off enough. Rated: B Sep 12, 2017 Full Review Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Rated: 3/5 Nov 18, 2011 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Gran Torino is a nuanced picture with incredible heart, humor, and melodramatic themes of acceptance and long-overdue redemption. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 5, 2023 Full Review Nicholas Oon Maximum Hype (YouTube) Its characters find peace through acts of openness, understanding and sacrifice, and it is these arcs that allow the audience to feel a sense of cathartic peace ourselves. Sep 5, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins The originality of the film is minute, while the story offers few surprises. Rated: 7/10 Nov 28, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Clint Eastwoods best work Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/31/25 Full Review Pamela H Engrossing, touching, emotional. Funny in spots and deeply sad in others. I love how the characters change each other forever, and how Walt devises a plan that simultaneously resoves multiple problems at the end. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/28/25 Full Review Audience Member One of the classic movies ever... everything was great... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/04/25 Full Review Ricardo B Embora Clint Eastwood esteja em frente e atrás da câmera, dirigindo a si mesmo e protagonizando a própria direção, como ele já fez diversas vezes, não poderia existir um ator melhor que ele para o papel de Walt Kowalski, uma alma dura e conturbada, atormentada pelos demônios de seu passado, mas também, no fundo, carregada de afeto e empatia. "Gran Torino" é um tocante e surpreendentemente engraçado drama sobre como velhos veteranos de guerra lidam — ou não lidam — com os traumas das situações horríveis pelas quais eles passaram, vivendo em um mundo moderno, movido pelas gerações que lhes sucessederam e por valores e princípios completamente diferentes daqueles pelos quais eles foram moldados. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/20/25 Full Review Daniel C. M A very powerful drama and performance by Master Clint himself with great script that still manages to be very entertaining. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/01/25 Full Review thiago s Filme bacana, o roteiro é bacaninha, a história é mais ou menos, o elenco é bom, mas só o Clint Eastwood salvou e melhorou o filme, as cenas são boas e deu uma melhorada no filme, e junto com as cenas do Clint Eastwood deram ao filme uma certa relevância, No final o Clint Eastwood estava na frente da casa dos bandidos e eles mataram ele, o final parecia ruim, quando a polícia prende todos eles, então Clint se sacrificou-se para prender os bandidos e ajudar sua família que nem risco de vida ocorra novamente, com tudo isso, eu recomendo esse filme, com o final bom que deixa o filme bacana. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Father Janovich

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Thao

Ahney Her

Sue

Brian Haley

Mitch Kowalski

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Synopsis Retired auto worker and Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) fills emptiness in his life with beer and home repair, despising the many Asian, Latino and black families in his neighborhood. Walt becomes a reluctant hero when he stands up to the gangbangers who tried to force an Asian teen to steal Walt's treasured car. An unlikely friendship develops between Walt and the teen, as he learns he has more in common with his neighbors than he thought.
Director
Clint Eastwood
Producer
Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Bill Gerber
Screenwriter
Nick Schenk
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Matten Productions, Malpaso Company, Double Nickel Entertainment, Gerber Pictures
Rating
R (Some Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 9, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$148.1M
Runtime
1h 57m
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