Grand Torino

Less is more, squinty Clinty. About a month ago I saw Grand Torino, a Clint Eastwood movie that had the potential to be a beautiful small movie about a clash of cultures (old crusty white guy v. Hmong family) but instead it turned into a melodrama depicting a vision of urban America as vile and violent. I really was looking forward to a rare look at Hmong in the U.S. and the movie did highlight their unique immigrant situation, but Eastwood went for big drama at the end rather than slice of life. Too bad. Another good movie gone ennh.