just awful

Rating: 1/10 (3 March 2009)

I cannot believe "Gran Torino" is receiving such high ratings. It's very boring, predictable and clichéd movie right from the first scene. I respect Clint as good actor, but in this movie he was overacting for sure. I was tired of seeing only one emotion on his face for the whole time. And his growling... Damn. I know that elder people often look like this and act like this, but Clint went to extreme point. I even wonder how did this sad old man manage to live with golden retriever dog? I used to have a labrador retriever and can say that dogs of such breed will never make you feel sad. OK, Clint tried to act at least. All these "gooks" were not acting, but just spending time. Sue and Tao characters were underdeveloped and underperformed. All gangster characters, no matter - black or Asian, were just ridiculous. I know that generally this movie is worth more than 1 star, maybe 3 or 4. But I was so disappointed after watching it, so I put 1.