Gran Torino is a film about racism, mentorship and overcoming the demons of our past. Clint Eastwood acts as much with his face as with his other faculties in Gran Torino and its great to witness.

However, some folks came forward to condemn Eastwood’s film regarding its use of racial slurs. Gran Torino star Bee Vang came forward to criticize the film for “mainstreaming anti-Asian” racism.

Reviews Gran Torino film review A terrific movie to kick off the year, Gran Torino finds Clint Eastwood on excellent form again, on both sides of the camera By Simon Brew | January 28, 2009 | | 0 ...

Going full throttle at the B.O., Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" grossed $29 million from 2,808 locations to win the weekend and rack up Eastwood's best nationwide opening of all time, both as an ...

"Gran Torino" once again proves that while Eastwood is a great actor, he's an even better director. The way the film balances humor, tension, drama and romance makes for a fully rewarding ...

To think Gran Torino is a masterpiece, you have to accept the contrived setups and sledgehammer melodrama. You have to grade the movie on that same meathead-vigilante curve.

In 2008, "Gran Torino" became the first major U.S. film to feature Hmong American actors. Among them was Bee Vang, then a 15-year-old newcomer who portrayed Thao Lor, a neighbor to Clint Eastwood ...

Gran Torino is not a perfect film, and sometimes feels a tad overwritten and wordy (freshman screenwriter Nick Schenk’s extreme, racially-charged language occasionally borders on parody), but it ...

Reviews Gran Torino film review A terrific movie to kick off the year, Gran Torino finds Clint Eastwood on excellent form again, on both sides of the camera By Simon Brew | January 28, 2009 | | 0 ...