Plot
An aging baseball scout is going through many problems, he’s old and his eyes are going. Through a course of events, he winds up taking his grown daughter along with what could be his final scouting trip.
Pros
The acting is quite good, especially from Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake. Yes, Timberlake did a good job. I’m not a big baseball fan, but I think other non-baseball fans can enjoy the film’s other issues, like a father who never really connected to his daughter. Or giving up what you love because you can no longer do it, despite your stubborn attempts to continue. The film is also interesting to those who are baseball fans.
Cons
The film is quite long and a bit boring at times. The length didn’t really bother me until about 1hr and 10 minutes when the story seemed to be getting wrapped up. Long story short, the movie didn’t end there and there was a short lull before the story got good again.
Fun Fact: Clint Eastwood had previously stated that Gran Torino was going to be his last film acting-wise, he was later convinced to do this movie.
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I sure as hell that this isn’t Clint’s last movie because if it is, the guy’s going out with no style whatsoever. Just a bunch of yelling and grunting. Good review Austin.
Sadly, if he makes another movie, I’m pretty sure it would be much of the same. I’m pretty sure if you drank a shot each time he grunted in this movie, you’d be out after 13 minutes. Also, why did he have to talk to his penis in the beginning? That was something I didn’t need to hear.