Gran-d Movie

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2009)

Gran Torino is Eastwood in one of his finest roles. Eastwood is fantastic as the disgruntled, bigoted, ex-Korean war veteran who has become recently widowed. Now his character not only has to deal with life alone, but life with an Oriental family next door. Being an ex-Korean vet, his dislike for the Asian culture is evident at the onset of the film. Gran Torino is a wonderful character study of a man who learns to deal with his prejudices of others, of a man who learns to respect another culture and a man who learns to become friends with someone who he would have never looked twice at in his earlier years. It shows how a man changes from someone who hates a person to someone who becomes a strong male influence on that same young person. It is a wonderful, heartfelt and at times humorous story about the relationship between these neighbors. Gran Torino is an excellent film that "real" moviegoers will enjoy.