Gran Torino

2008

Action / Drama

211
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 90% · 234 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 90% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 856373 856.4K

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Plot summary

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

Director

Clint Eastwood Photo
Clint Eastwood

Top cast

Clint Eastwood Photo
Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski
Brian Haley Photo
Brian Haley as Mitch Kowalski
Brian Howe Photo
Brian Howe as Steve Kowalski
Dreama Walker Photo
Dreama Walker as Ashley Kowalski
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
752.12 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 56 min
Seeds 16
1.55 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 56 min
Seeds 100

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ethlaid 8 / 10

Very powerful lesson

A very touching film that brings out a different but still great side of Clint Eastwood.
Reviewed by RonellSowes 7 / 10

Would Have Made A Perfect Finish

If Clint Eastwood had retired after Gran Torino, it might have been one of the most perfect endings to an iconic actor's career. Walt Kowalski is like Harry Callahan or number of Eastwood characters from his past only, like the vessel they're protrayed through, older. He's the crusty, cynical tough-guy who deep inside is a bit softer and has a warmer than you'd expect heart. Which is the truth we see revealed in Kowalski over the course of this movie as he befriends and helps the Hmong kid next door. There might be enough of these movies to constitute an entire subgenre of friendship films: one involving an older guy who learns a little about life while teaching a boy to be a man. It's a friendship story and even what you'd call a feel-good one despite the violence and negativity surrounding it. The film aims for authenticity though I think bits of it will be seen by posterity as dated, false hollywood depictions.Maybe the later movies kept him busy but this is where Eastwood's career as an actor should have (and in a sense did) end.
Reviewed by scottedwards007 9 / 10

Clint is the best director in Hollywood and still one of the great actors

seeing the trailer for this film kinda made me expect id be watching Dirty Harry in the suburbs.What I saw was a bittersweet superbly written, well acted story of humanity and friendship,this film is something that we can all relate to in some way, and isn't Hollywooded up in anyway, the film tells it story without any un needed hidden undertones that so many mainstream directors do to films.Eastwood is excellent as the hard nosed war vet, and his direction is perfect as always, and supporting cast did there job just fine tooClint Eastwood was perfect for the role and as director, as he has the knack of taking a story and making a film for the audience to get sucked into the story, and not for critics to pick apart....great film making,
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