Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old ...

Then there's the car of the title, Kowalski's mint 1972 Ford Gran Torino. That car spurs an unlikely friendship between Walt and Thao, his teenage neighbor.

The movie is ludicrous, but Eastwood’s consistency is poignant. He has an agenda and sticks to it. He ought to have let someone else direct him, though—his acting is all over the map.

The ads make "Gran Torino" look like "Dirty Old Harry," but it's rather more than that. Directed by 79-year-old Clint Eastwood, who also stars, it turns into an often-funny, poignant meditation on ...

Word has it that "Gran Torino" is Clint Eastwood's last turn on the big screen; he plans to stay behind the camera from here on out. Assuming that's true, it's hard to imagine a better final note ...

‘Gran Torino’: Film Review So now we know what became of Dirty Harry. By Kirk Honeycutt December 4, 2008 7:00am 'Gran Torino' Photofest ...

In Gran Torino Eastwood returns to the solid old filmmaking virtues of one of his mentors, Don Siegel, and wittily plays around with his well-worn tough guy image.