gran torino

Title:  Gran Torino

Director:  Clint Eastwood

Writer:  Dave Johannson (Story) Nick Schenk Screen Play

Release Date:  2008

Clint Eastwood reminds us again just why he is the legend that he is.  It just doesn’t get any better than his magnificent performance in Gran Torino.

Even my 16 year old son commented  “Wow! Clint Eastwood  is a really good actor!”.

What a joy,  to be able to share the legend of my day,  in a new movie with my son of a new generation.

The movie had some violence, however,  it was a lot more humorous  and uplifting than we first anticipated.  Clint indeed has his ways of making you fall for the crotchety old character that he played.

After a few breif  google searches I discovered that this was the first major performance of the two young co-stars in the movie,  Ashney Her and Bee Vang.  The open call was for young Hmong actors and both fit what they were looking for.

Ashney and Bee were amazing, and I never would have guessed this was their first major performances.   Ashney in particular just lit up the screen with her gutsy tell it as it is personality.  If she persues acting as a career, I think she will go a long ways because she was really that good.  She literally had you from hello.

I don’t think it will matter if you are a Clint Eastwood fan or not, Gran Torino was very entertaining and leaves  you with a powerful message in what it takes to stop the cycle of violence.