Overrated

Rating: 6/10 (18 March 2009)

I went to the cinema to watch this flick after i saw it was so highly rated on IMDb, mymovies.it and other movie sites. I have always been a fan of Clint as an actor as well as a director so i chose to watch Gran Torino while my other options were The Wrestler and Slumdog Millionaire. I left the theater very disappointed; the movie, as many others have said, is boring, predictable and the racism theme is trite. It isn't a terrible movie but some scenes are really dumb like the one in the barber shop where he tries to teach Tao how to be a man. Also, Clint making fun of foreign names...well, only a 8 year old could laugh at it. The movie is not an action movie, just a mix of comedy and drama. If you want to see a great movie about racism go get Crash. Vote 6 out of 10 just because i respect Clint Eastwood, but this definitely does not deserve to be in the top 250.