A sort of thematic retread of Million Dollar Baby, only here grumpy solitary old man is brought out of funk by Hmong neighbours - even shares with the earlier film an unhappy ending. Enjoyed it, though somehow doubt the gang would have hung around at the end waiting for the police to catch them.
Creditable that it does posit tolerance in an extremely multi-cultural America.
Clint can do this in his sleep. With Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Christoper Carley (tenacious priest), Brian Haley and Brian Howe (the sons), John Carroll Lynch, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Choua Ku, Scott Eastwood.
Written by that Nick Schenk fellow again, with Dave Johannson. Camera: Tom Stern. Editors: Joel Cox and Gary Roach. Music: Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens. Malpaso for Warner Bros.
Clint's a John Ford fan and like him, many of his films are about America, whether it's the Civil War, WWII, Iraq, Edgar J Daffodil, police corruption, the space race; and real people and events - The Four Seasons, Richard Jewell, Sully, the train guys, John Huston, Charlie Parker..
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