Eastwood at his best

Rating: 9/10 (24 January 2010)

Take Dirty Harry, Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven, let a brilliant director mix it together and you get Gran Torino. Immigration, gangs, racism, age and self justice are the subjects that are treated in a way that is not as you would expect from any other director.
Eastwood is the old school American that come from another time. His environment has evolved while he has not. He is an alien in his neighborhood but learns to live in it. He manages to let his conservative way help improve his neighborhood while he learns even more form the immigrants next door.
Gran Torino is a social drama in many ways, be it Walt's private life, his age, the immigrant's situation or juvenile gangs. Eastwood tells the story with his very own sensuality that is refreshing and has its own realism. The special Eastwood humor is naturally also ever present.
A must-see for all serious movie lovers.