Thursday, April 29, 2021

Christ all Friday

Should be heralded as a Clint Eastwood classic. A stubborn old war veteran Walt Kowalski has to come to terms with his new cross-cultural neighbourhood, particularly a Hmong family nextdoor. It's all tremendously wrapped in laughter and joy, before exploding in heart-stopping ending. Gran Torino is funny as shit and tragic as fuck at the same time.

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