I think almost every movie that "wouldn't get made today" is worth watching at this point, they are such a breath of fresh air.

What's great is that Walt realizes that these foreigners are much like him: wrapped in their traditions and disparaging the younger generations that have lost sight of what made their people so great. What's also great is that he doesn't fully change as evidenced by the very end, but he becomes better and good enough. There's a lot un-PC dialogue, but it feels very realistic. There are Walts and people that talk like him everywhere in the world. This is one of Clint's finest films, maybe even his last gem.

"If Gran Torino was made today Walt would probably be recast as the villian" Big facts.

I laughed how Clint and Grandma recognise each other as old time hard asses.

How can you have played a main role in a movie about how a man overcomes his racism and not get the gist of this movie? Social justice really does rot brains.

"Get off my lawn" should be a drinker catch phrase. Also, Clint is the man!!

The scene where the sister shows up after having been raped is one of the most emotional scenes in any movie I've ever seen. It leaves you horrified and furious and ready to do bodily harm to other humans. Gran Torino is an absolute MASTERFUL movie at controlling the emotions of it's audience. The fact that the idiot kid decided to come out years later trying to cancel Clint Eastwood is insane. He turned out to be a nobody outside of this movie... and he just wanted his 15 minutes of fame back.

I also like that while Walt absolutely had his flaws and casual racism, he also has valuable things to teach and pass on, like the pride that comes with owning and keeping your home in good condition, knowing how to be self sufficient and do your own repairs, and how to take pride in your work. Lessons this generation sorely lack.

My favorite scene is the funeral at the end when the priest tells everyone that Walt referred to him as an over educated 27 year old virgin holding the hands of superstitious old ladies.

I heard the kid from the movie is now complaining about Eastwood's racist character. I guess he missed the point of the film.

No actor/director can come within a light years of Clint Eastwood's resume. I watched this when it came out and it easily fits into his top 10, which alone is some achievement.

First time I saw this movie in the theater with my wife I said out loud "oh my God, someone followed my father around with a camera for 6 months and recorded everything he said". Seriously, my Dad is gone over 10 years now and I still watch this movie and can picture him, a veteran of Korea as well, speaki g and behaving the same way as Walt. This movie is a masterpiece and it is an accurate representation of our culture, both the good and the bad and the lesson of redemption.

"Can't be undone" is why I still buy DVDs and Blurays. Streaming services more and more are starting to undo movies and its sad.

Hmong people love this film. You can look up clips from this movie and see Hmong people praise this film in the comment sections. Not only did it give us that representation ( that every race whines about), it addressed the very real gang problem our communities have.

I think there's an inherent flaw in the perception of this film by "modern" audiences. Walt wasn't bigoted..he talked hard, but that was the extent of it. If the Walt character came across a bloodied (insert race/sex/age/whatever here) person lying in the street he'd render assistance as needed regardless of that person's differences..he was an equal-opportunity hardcase, and he'd give any male shit while treating any woman with respect.. This is what men of Walt's era did. Walt wasn't "redeemed." He made peace with himself over wartime actions, honored his wife's dying wish, and ultimately made friends with and defended a neighbor..he'd already done that with every other ethnicity in the film, as witnessed by his friendships with the barber, bartender, and construction worker..

When Walt brings Thao to Martin's barber shop is one of the best scenes ever. They teach him (and us) that the greater half of communication is context, and to give as good as you get instead of jumping to personal insult.

I can't speak for other Asians on the internet but i found the witty slangs hilarious. There was always a morbid but ironically historical meaning in them. Tbh the only people i find being offended by slang and deragatoy comments are teachers enforcing order on campus or karens out of skin color.

Threatening about using people as sandbags is an underused intimidation tactic.

My sisters friend approached Clint Eastwood at a bar in Los Angeles and said, "I know I probably shouldn't do this but..." He cut her off and said "you should probably go with that feeling". He then promply got up and walked away. I'm going to give him a pass on that one cuz he's a fucking Legend.

the ending is beautiful because walt's family look disinterested and apathetic at the reading of his will, his grand daughter even excited because shes convinced herself that shes entitled to his car, whereas tao inherits the gran torino that started it all off and hes heart broken to have lost a father figure

That asian actor should be ashamed of himself for trying to jump on the woke bandwagon... Thats how he thanks Clint Eastwood... Seriously?

So far I’m liking the Drinker’s Extra Shots, Extraction and Gran Torino are both solid choices.

I'm Asian and I love this film. It shows how an old man who seems irredeemable is saved through opening up himself to people around him, especially the Hmong brother and sister next door. I love how they embrace him at his ugliest that he allows himself to be a much more loving person that he really is. My fav film to watch almost every month.

What truly saddens me is that people like Clint will soon be gone, and new actors won’t take his place

The virtue signaling crowd's criticism of Gran Torino is precisely what is wrong with this woke culture. It leaves no room for redemption. The whole point, as Critical Drinker points out, is that the story is about a person going through a journey of reform. How are you supposed to reform if you have no flaws in the first place? This is woke culture in a nutshell. They expect one to be morally unblemished from the start and perfectly enlightened from the get go. Based on this naïve notion of human nature, there would be no cinema nor great storytelling because without a redemptive arc there is no conflict.

Gran Torino is a masterpiece. Mr.Eastwood is a true living legend.

I was saddened when I heard of the young cat that had now turned against this wonderful film that's ironically very much about letting go of one's preconceived ideas about other ethnicities and their worldviews and embracing the intrinsic worth of all of humanity. Glad to hear the Drinker giving the film its due praise. Time for a rewatch methinks!

Fave part is when they’re in the basement and Walt clowns on Tao and he calls the other guys click clack, ding dong and Charlie Chan I was dying!!!

I love how the kid now calls Clint a racist after all these years. I guess that paycheck dulled his conscience for a while.

He made this in no time for no money. That is how good this guy and his crew are.

What Clint does at the end to help the boy and family was a unpredictable and such a giant selfless act. I couldn't predict how he took down that entire gang to make that family safe from it.

"Gran Torino got made, it's awesome, and it can never be undone no matter how much people complain about it." In a world where Gone With the Wind and the Muppets get content warnings and Dr. Seuss has been censored I'm not sure how you can seriously make this claim. I *want* you to be right, but I wouldn't exactly bet on it.

One of Clints best movies in my opinion. I'm so glad Drinker thought of it.

The scene with the Italian barber is amazing

One of Eastwood’s best performances. Absolutely incredible storytelling.

Was the last film I saw in theaters with my father before he died, has a special place in my heart

Drinker, you magnificent bastard, you convinced me that I need to finally take that Gran Torino for a spin.

I admire the man for his talents as an actor and a director. You don't ahve to agree wtih his politics to love his work, hell, that should be IRRELEVANT! An actor's personl life shouldn't matter. As long as it's nothing illegal their personal life is no one else's business. This is a great film. He's a broken man and becomes better by the end. Why is that so hard to do these days?

I teared up during this movie. Watching Clint Eastwood was like being around my granddad again. The barber shop scene was perfect. Very similar to what it was like being around him and his old navy friends.

I went and watched as soon as I finished this video. And I have to say, my expectation were exceeded beyond measure. What a beautiful story.

This movie deserved a full Drinker Recommends

The value of redemption can never be understated in a movie like “Grand Torino”. It is hard.... very hard to do right. This movie got it right. It isn’t a perfect redemption, but it is there for all to see. This character that is so well played by Clint Eastwood is terribly flawed. By the end of the movie, you know there are still flaws, but those are mitigated and he has a new understanding and a new attitude. We even get to see a bit of a new sense of humor in him. Not much, but just a hint of him before the war stole it from him. This movie is an outstanding screenplay done near perfectly by the stellar acting. It is painful and a pleasure to watch. Thank you, Drinker, for taking some time away from Tatiana to make this outstanding video. Well done, kind sir. I’ll go away now.

When this movie came out in theaters, it was so popular that it ran 2 months straight...Which is rare for any movie.

Perhaps one of the most meaningful, however logically counterintuitive, qualifiers for a truly great film is knowing you can watch it only very infrequently. They’re so well done, so moving that despite the fact you loved it, the ride is so intense that you know it will be a long time before you’re able to do it again. That is Gran Torino.

This movie is a masterpiece. The proof that you don't need M.Bay explosions or Snyder's puke inducing camera work to produce top cinema entertainement. Just have believable characters and a good story, and you can be in my top 10 movies of all time, where Gran Torino belongs of course. I rewatch it like once a year and it's always a pleasure. When I first saw it in cinema i thought : "Finally a movie that's about reality". As my suspension of disbelief is very easily broken, i fucking love that this movie is flawless on that matter. Nothing unbelievable happens, but we still get all kinds of strong emotions during it. Thank you Mr Eastwood for making this beautiful piece of art.

I can't believe I watched "The Good, The Bad The ugly" for the first time...Gran Torino is great, I also enjoyed "The Mule"

i went alone to the theater to see this one when it came out, and i was astounded. it was such an awesome movie and is still one of my all-time favorites. clint is the man and this screenplay is a work of art. it's simple, painful, beautiful, and epic. worth every penny. i rewatch it every couple of years and love it every time. and yeah, i cry.......mostly because i'm always drunk. cheers.

This was made just as Cinema died due to the heavy woke infusion it had been receiving. It was powerful, moving and that end shows you what sacrifice can really mean.

I saw this film about a year after my dad passed away. I rented it from the video store and this was the first time I started looking at smaller character dramas and the themes of what we leave behind. Great movie!

A friend of mine from high school, Michael Judd, was Clint Eastwood's assistant director on several of his films. He was also an extra, and worked in other parts of his crew. A large part of Gran Torino was shot here in Michigan, so it must have been nice for Mike to work close to his family, but it was extra cool to see pics of him on social media of behind the scenes stuff from Gran Torino and other movies he was involved with, even if those movies turned out to be shit. Still, I think it's pretty cool to have "Two degrees of separation" to Clint Eastwood. heheheh

I always felt that Unforgiven was Clint Eastwood's masterpiece until I watched Grand Torino... An absolutely wonderful piece of art that pulled and pulled at the heart and was so satisfying. A really great story, well told.

I loved this movie. Eastwood's character reminded me of a family friend. Old retired marine with no filter.

What a film, watched it about 6 months ago. I was blown away how brilliantly directed and acted it was, how sharp and meaningful the dialogue is and how well it is shot as well.

The last time I was this early, the drinker was still sober...

Back when I went to see this film, it almost gave me back some faith that Hollywood could actually still make God-Tier movies, and at the time I was right, but I was merely witnessing the crest of a very steep hill...

It's amazing he had no problem with the movie while he was getting a paycheck to make it

Brilliant movie. One of my favorite. Eastwood like a good whiskey: the older - the better.

I’d love to see today’s movie executives trying to tell Clint Eastwood “ no you can’t do that, that’s problematic “ yeah that’s not happening.

It is excellent, although I didn't like the character of his grand-daughter, who for dramatic purposes had to be a villainess, but she wasn't convincingly written.

Gran Torino is one of the best films ever made. It did something I never thought possible: It made my crusty old grandfather cry at the end.

Gran Torino is a great movie, and like I said many times, Clint Eastwood is a legend.

They're trying to undo Doctor fucking Seuss. They'll try to undo this, too.

This film was the last film I watched with my Grandmother before she passed away (she was a huge Eastwood fan). The sjws can get bent 🙄

Seeing another masterpiece like this made again will be almost the same chance as George Carlin jokes style coming back to fashion .I miss the good old days...

“That’s about all... *GET OFF MY LAWN* now!”

We're totally on the same page... This movie could not have been made today andI like it. And it's the second comment 😆

I loved this film. This old Korean war veteran literally gave his life to save a kid who was a descendant of the very people he faught against all those years ago in order to save him from a life of crime and needless bloodshed. He was redeemed, and he paid the ultimate price to do it.

Just on a whim, I watched this again today. And cried. My God, funny and meaningful writing acted in a way that parallels reality all too closely.

Last time I was that early, pub crawls were still a thing. Gran Torino is absolutely amazing.

I grew up in Detroit in the 70s this movie is spot on. Well done drinker

I saw this back in 2009 and enjoyed it but I never could understand why this particular film got so much praise and attention but now being a decade older I fully understand and appreciate it far more than I did when I was younger.

Clint Eastwood and his cinema can teaches every boy, that HE CAN be a GOOD MAN, but first he needs to be A MAN! THANK YOU CLINT!

Clint is our National Treasure. I hope he lives to be the oldest person on record. And he'll still be making movies.

Not gonna lie: I laughed every time they threw out a racial slur in Gran Torino. 10/10, can't be made in this day and age, unfortunately.

I saw this movie when it came out in the theaters. The ending broke my heart, but that's the kind of movie that sticks with you.

This entire movie is loaded with gems, it was done very well. Really Clint Eastwood not only was just an iconic actor way back, but once he became a director, right out of the gate "The Outlaw Josey Wales" was a cinematographic masterpiece. "Unforgiven" was possibly one of his best, if not THE best movies he ever made that stand the test of time of the "coming of age" and "can't change my ways" conundrum of his character," whereas the first part is true in Gran Torino, where the second part is the opposite where Walt does change his ways, but he chooses his own fate to pay it forward rather than accepting a slow decline in his failing health. Clint Eastwood is one of the last people in Hollywoid that's had the balls to make movies that didn't apologize to every freak on the planet while doing it. He's damn-near 100 years old now... maybe Tom Cruise has 40 more years left in him, who knows.

Good way to put "it got made and you can't take that away from us."

I still remember this movie even 13 years later. Some movies make a lasting impression, this was one of them. Thanks for giving it the spotlight it deserves.

This is one of my all time favorite movies along with Second Hand Lions!

I saw this in the theater when it came out. Even better than the film is the interview with Eastwood at the time,man he doesn't cut anyone any slack. Too bad, everything thing he talks about came true. Excellent pick.

The scene where Kowalski hands his protege Grip Pliers, Duct tape and a can of WD40 is one of the most touching, sensible and inspiring I've ever seen. No joke here. The lesson that, choosing wisely, you probably need much less than you think to get your s..t going is one never to forget.

Never saw the movie, an oversight I plan to rectify today... well done drinker...

One of my all-time favorite Eastwood films. He's just the right age so he didn't have to shoehorn anything in to make his character compelling and the relationship between him and Tao is developed perfectly. Walt realizing Tao is okay when he watches him help the elderly neighbor with her groceries is an example. Character is revealed when people perform simple acts because it's just the right thing to do. My favorite scene is when Walt tries to man Tao up at the barbershop. That line when Tao says; "Boy, does my ass hurt from all the guys at my construction job," still makes me laugh out loud. I also like when grandma spits juice on the porch to show Walt what's what. The final scene where Tao is driving the Gran Torino with Walt's Golden Lab closes the circle perfectly. I'll be honest, Clint's recent roles in The Mule and Cry Macho don't do much for me. He's a bit too long in the tooth for both. I wish he would hang up the acting side of his career once and for all because the same rule for athletes applies to entertainers, father time is undefeated. I don't like seeing teenage heroes of mine like Clint Eastwood and Paul McCartney out there past their expiration date. It reminds me a bit of Willie Mays and how they had to have an intervention with him because he had stuck around too long and his performance was starting to tarnish his legacy. For me, Gran Torino was the right film at the right time with the right guy. If his co-stars from that movie feel compelled to bad mouth it 13 years after the fact in order to appease the woke mob shame on them.

I watched the movie right after watching this review, and I gotta say, this is fcn great film! The plot is pretty realistic and believable, while still being funny, heart warming, tense, sad and emotional (in the good way). I wish there were more movies like this one. 8,2/10 is what I rate it, and that's pretty high coming from me.

Glad to see drinker review this I love this movie This and Unforgiven are my favourite Eastwood directed films

This movie made me laugh because it reminded me of how it was when I was in the army from 1997 to 2006, people breaking balls. Every ethnicity, social status, and cultural background all lumped together, dealing with stressful situations and using crude humor to add some levity to the situation. Like in the barber scene, a shame that today’s society can’t realize that it wasn’t mean spirited it was just how men talked. Being a dick, with a smattering of personal insults is kind of a right of passage for real men. War can make people very bitter, my feelings toward the local population when I was deployed breed Some racist feelings but over time I realized that some of them were just normal people trying to deal with the hand they were dealt and working with some of the Afghan regulars, you do develop a brotherhood with them mind you I was a POG and I was Mostly in RC South, a.k.a. rear echelon. But in my older age you realize some feelings can be a erased over time, like Walt.

I looooove this movie. Have it on dvd and watched it many times.

Clint's legend grew exponentially. From actor and leading man, to director and writer. He even played a little jazz, or selectively chose certain musical pieces. My personal favorite is the fact he runs the most efficient movie production company in the western world. Everyone knows what to do, works well together, and finishes films in record time. This tells me Clint understands the meaning behind hiring the right people for the right jobs. Every interview I've seen or read by someone associated with his productions confirms this. (Leaving egotistical actors out of it)

When Clint moved from acting to directing more, I felt a deep hole in my heart. I have always loved his brilliant acting and great characters. However my heart was soon filled again as I realised he made a fantastic director and has put together some of the greatest movies I have ever seen. What an amazing career he has spanned so far. I think it is disgusting to see the negative culture that is around today try to destroy some of his work. I don't recognise this world anymore and I don't much want to either with the way things are going. I can only thank God I got to experience the times I did. I feel sorry for anyone growing up today although they will most likely be oblivious to the change and instead consider me ignorant and bigoted. I'll know the truth though just like Walt.

Love this movie it's a shame Clint is the last of a generation of actors that I can actually respect

This is my father's favorite movie of recent times, because it doesn't lie. He's not a military man or anything, just a hard-working Latino from south-south Texas that got thrown out at 19 for loving my mother, and they went and made a go of it. What he loves is honesty and reality, part of what's probably made his aspired career as a defense attorney work out so well for him. He's a hard man, but not heartless or cruel; mutual respect is something he encouraged me, and I wish I'd listened better in my youth. But yeah, this movie struck a chord with him, and I can always tell he's in tough emotional straits when he'll text me a quote and I'll be like, "Watching Gran Turino again, eh pops?". I oughta show him your channel, Drinker, you and he are of a mind in movies, only... he's a little lite-weight, I do the drinking for us both~

Drinker, I seriously love you. Your insights are always on point and after your videos I find myself wanting to rewatch the movie as soon as possible. Gran Torino IS a classic - your descriptive characterizations have made me cry . . again. Keep up the important work you're doing!

"It can never be undone." Give them time, Drinker....give them time.

An EXCELLENT review of one of my top ten films EVER. A magnificent film of a hero making the ultimate sacrifice for a younger generation. All the more so that his true "children" are not his biological ones; but the ones of his redemption. As the fleeting illusion of life fades, Walt makes sure that whatever riches he has gained in this Dream will be passed along to those who need it the most and will be thankful for the gifts thus bequeathed.

I have been watching nothing but classic westerns and Clint Eastwood is among my top favorites.

Gran Torino! This is one of those beauuuuutiful things in life that arrive quite unexpectedly. I'm so glad you recommend it.

My favourite movie by The Drinker? Hell fucking yeah.

When you’re old enough to be Arnie, Sly and the rest of them Hollywood hard men’s Dad, and you’re still a BAMF, that’s Clint Eastwood!

I think this is his best movie. He didn't really change, but put a human face on to what he despised. And he did what men do...in the end, he protected the weak, even if they were not someone he would normally have the time of day for....it was awesome.

Watched this movie with my dad when I was is the hospital a few years back. It's meant a lot to me since then.