Eastwood was good...

Rating: 7/10 (8 December 2009)

even though I wouldn't call this a great film. It was OK, a little slow paced but entertaining enough. Eastwood plays Walt, a recent widow whom still lives in the old neighborhood surrounded by foreigners. He's racist and mean. What I really didn't like and didn't think very realistic was when they would show him growl and grimace at people just because of the way they looked. It was over the top. The movie is about him learning tolerance and befriended his Hmong neighbors. He befriends the young girl there, Sue and her brother, Thao. Thao has a cousin in a gang that keeps trying to get him to join and Walt becomes involved. Walt is shown going to the doctor and spitting up blood. The movie never says what is wrong but it's safe to bet he had some kind of bad disease, so that is supposed to make it better for what happens in the end to Walt.
FINAL VERDICT: If you don't mind the language, worth checking out.