US drama in which a man in his nineties becomes a delivery driver for a Mexican drug cartel.
The hardworking Clint Eastwood directs and stars in a so-so drug-running drama.
Eastwood is the director and star of this sentimental tale of a cantankerous horticulturist who falls on hard times.
So insubstantial it may not actually exist, The Mule is very much the latest in a long line of minor Clints. But it might help pass the time on long journeys. Just make sure you don’t watch and drive.
Sub-par. If you’re only going to see one octogenarian-movie-star film, go for Redford’s The Old Man and the Gun.
Eastwood’s typically minimalist direction keeps everything moving, but he seems thoroughly uninterested in the wider moral implications of his protagonist’s actions.
The veteran actor is on scene-stealing form in a film based on an unlikely true story.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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