Language and violence
Korean war veteran Walt Kowalski is as bigoted and hateful as it gets, until his Hmong neighbor tries to steal his Gran Torino as a gang initiation.
4 out of 5
A friend loaned me this movie, told me it was really good, and I ignored them. I'm not a Clint Eastwood fan, though I have enjoyed a few of his more recent movies (most of which he has also directed), this one didn't appeal to me. Finally, under pressure to return it, I put it in the player. I'm so glad I did. I'm not going to lie, there was a LOT of language, most of it racial slurs, but it was real... it was the character, not just gratuitous use of words.
It isn't often a movie touches me the way this one did. What starts out as trying to keep gang members off of his property grows into teaching his young neighbor how to be a real man. But the real changes are those that are happening to Walt.
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