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2008, USA, 116 min.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Retired autoworker and Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood, who also directed) refuses to embrace the evolving world. Despite his neighborhood\u2019s changing demographics and plummeting safety, he\u2019s not moving from his Detroit home. When a gang skirmish involving his Hmong neighbors spills onto his front lawn, Walt intercedes\u2014and gains the family\u2019s respect. Walt\u2019s simmering xenophobia is challenged by his growing admiration for the household\u2019s two English-speaking teens (Bee Vang, Ahney Her). He softens into a protector, teaching them the gritty intricacies of American life, and regains his own purpose. Gran Torino<\/em> shows how youth benefit from the knowledge and courage of their elders\u2014if the older generation believes in the future rather than fears it. The same way the characters are pulled together by Walt\u2019s prized possession (the titular American muscle car), a multigenerational swath of viewers will love this film\u2019s big heart and integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Retired autoworker and Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood, who also directed) refuses to embrace the evolving world. Despite his neighborhood\u2019s changing demographics and plummeting safety, he\u2019s not moving from his Detroit home.<\/p>\n

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