Proverb for our generation

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2011)

Any Eastwood film is bound to be good, and we had heard this was an especially message-rich story, but even with this expectation we were so pleasantly overwhelmed! We laughed & cried & watched in self-examining disbelief as Eastwood's character developed.
Don't we all have these relationships and characters in our lives, to some degree? He nailed the cultural references perfectly, at times risking an overstep (purposefully) but always reeling into a clearly articulated moral statement. He allowed the flimsy ties of obligatory family relationships to dissolve in the warmth of deliberate, well invested friendship.
And the car. The beautiful, well kept American made car, what a perfect "vehicle" for the central relationship. LOL See this movie more than once. Have compassion & respect for your elders. Be better yourself, as soon and as thoroughly as possible.