Review: A man. A boy. And a chicken. 'Cry Macho' lays an egg
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Last year, Tom Hanks and George Clooney each took on movie parts in which they showed off their fatherly sides by taking care of a child
Last year, Tom Hanks and George Clooney each took on movie parts in which they showed off their fatherly sides by taking care of a child. Apparently, there's something in the water over in Hollywood because this month, it's time for Clint Eastwood.
The one-time Dirty Harry directs and stars as a crochety old cowboy pressed into transporting a teenager from Mexico to America in “Cry Macho,” an aimless and sometimes cringe-worthy film. But it has perhaps the best performance by a rooster in modern cinematic history.
The film is apparently supposed to be a meditation on masculinity, with Eastwood's one-time rodeo star Mike Milo taming and rebuilding his young rebellious charge into an honorable young man. Instead, it's a meditation on clumsy and predictable filmmaking.
The screenplay, by Nick Schenk and the late N. Richard Nash, is based on Nash’s book. Schenk is film's leading Eastwood interpreter, having written for the icon before with “Gran Torino” and ”The Mule.” Eastwood, now 91, is in that place he's found himself so many times before: A gruff, honorable loner with a heart of gold.
