This isn't your typically popcorn flick, tweens need not apply and Clint doesn't care.

Rating: 9/10 (27 April 2009)

This movie is a little bit rough around the edges, speckled with moments of awkward or just bad acting, and all-together not the spit-shine luster we, the Hollywood-consuming public, have gotten used to. The story is pretty black and white, and the plot devices heavy-handed. This accounts for the single point deduction...
This grit and straightforwardness play out in many ways, but they are mainly good. While there are moments you wonder: "why couldn't Eastwood and Co. find someone better to fill a bit part, or why so much racial slurring is necessary"; by the conclusion you realize, as you ignore your supermodel trophy wife's speech impediments, you don't really care because you didn't marry her to talk.
Gran Torino thrills and keeps your attention, while simultaneously cultivating a storyline that invokes great emotion and thought from the audience. In my opinion Mr. Eastwood finds a bit of the cinematic holy grail.