Gran Torino: A Review
December 7th 2009 00:12
“Gran Torino” is one of those movies a single parent 45-year old cultured and seen much of life kinda Caucasian woman would recommend. It’s filled with real-life ‘challenges’ of racism and cultural integrity coupled with a look into what sort of dangers can lurk in minority families. Of course it is dramatized and of course it will be exaggerated, it is after all, a movie.
Being in a ‘minority’ group myself, I think that the movie portrayed everyone respectfully well. Clint Eastwood is almost always commendable but he looks incredibly aged in the movie; almost frail. But then again, it might just be that his acting is good.
The story has a sad ending and the path to the ending is also a violent and sad one. The soundtrack, the mood lighting and the general feel and colour of the film adds to this. The ending may or may not surprise you (it definitely surprised me) but like I said this movie may not be an entire exact reflection of truth of modern society.
But that’s what good scripts do right? They take an underlying social issue, turn it up a few notches, repackage it and sell it back to the audience as a reflection of their own lives.
If you are ready for a solemn, borderline arthouse movie with modern America undertones littered everywhere; go watch this movie.
4 out of 5 stars.
DM
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