Eastwood can act!

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2011)

This is such a good film, even on DVD. Made me laugh, made me cry. Crusty old xenophobe tuns his prejudices round to become inter-ethnic hero. Pathos, bathos, humour, tragedy. It has it all, including the yellow Labrador. Clint Eastwood's performance is breathtaking in a subdued manner, nothing upfront, but studied craft. He has nothing to lose in the final denouement and gives his life because he has nothing to live for, BUT can improve the lives of his friends, whom at the start of the film you would consider unlikely. You cannot fail to be captivated and moved by this film. (And I'm usually a hard nosed cynic) Not because it's the latest, but it is the best Eastwood film to date.