"Gran Torino" ***1/2 (out of four): The seamless blend of acting, direction, and story make "Gran Torino" another Eastwood triumph.
Walt Kowalski, Clint Eastwood's character in "Gran Torino" is, in many ways, an aged version of the Dirty Harry character that Eastwood rode to fame in the 1970's and 80's. Like Harry, he is a tough, self-assured, single-minded, force of nature. However, unlike Harry, Kowalski clearly bears scars from living such an emotionally-stunted life. He has become a bitter misanthrope who has alienated his children and, with the death of his wife, appears to be on the verge of becoming a complete hermit, living alone in the "old neighborhood", refusing to leave in spite of the fact that it is rapidly becoming a slum controlled by gangs and full of minorities against whom he is universally, and unapologetically, prejudiced.
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A must see as always. Eastwood time after time proves how talented as a director he is.