Gran Torino

I love Clint Eastwood; I am and have been a fan for ever. Can you say Rowdy Yates on Rawhide? This was on for eight years every Friday night from January 9, 1959 to January 4, 1966. I loved him in Dirty Harry. But “Gran Torino” was his final film as an actor. If you have not seen it, get yourself to your local video store and rent it.
In the movie, Clint plays Walter Kowalski, a bigoted veteran of the Korean War, and a retired employee of a Detroit auto manufacturing plant. A Hmong family from Southeast Asia moves in next door, and he is not happy about it. He calls them every racial slur he knows. But the Hmong family is undeterred and they win him over with their warmth and hospitality, and he discovers he loves them more than he does his own family. He takes them under his wing and in return for their wonderful cooking and his favorite chicken dumplings; he teaches them how to survive in America.
Clint Eastwood is a once (still) handsome man who obviously hasn't had any "work" done on his face. His face is his main acting tool in this film. Where were the Oscar folks when the movies were being considered for best picture, best actor, best director, best producer, best screenplay ...
You will fall in love with Walter Kowalski when you watch this movie, and Clint Eastwood really brings him to life.

Walter Kowalski: "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vice grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone."

Throughout the movie, Clint pays homage to almost every movie he has ever made. Its fun to watch for the scenes where he does this and the ending will blow you away. Watch it you're in for a treat.