He remains a magnetic presence, but can’t sustain interest in this dated tale, which would have us believe the 91-year-old remains a ladykiller
There’s a creak of old leather (and other things) in this outrageously dated and hokey sentimental western, made from a script that’s been knocking around the industry for decades; it’s a Swiss cheese of bizarre plot-holes set in 1979, clearly because that is when it was conceived. Only the residual charisma and fascination of its director-star Clint Eastwood keeps it from sinking completely, and only this living legend could get away with asking us to believe that his character is devastatingly attractive to two different younger women, his female co-stars here being 40 and 52.
Eastwood plays Mike, a veteran Texan ranch-hand who lost his wife and son to a car accident and in the first scene gets fired by his grumpy boss Howard (Dwight Yoakam...
There’s a creak of old leather (and other things) in this outrageously dated and hokey sentimental western, made from a script that’s been knocking around the industry for decades; it’s a Swiss cheese of bizarre plot-holes set in 1979, clearly because that is when it was conceived. Only the residual charisma and fascination of its director-star Clint Eastwood keeps it from sinking completely, and only this living legend could get away with asking us to believe that his character is devastatingly attractive to two different younger women, his female co-stars here being 40 and 52.
Eastwood plays Mike, a veteran Texan ranch-hand who lost his wife and son to a car accident and in the first scene gets fired by his grumpy boss Howard (Dwight Yoakam...
- 11/10/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
“How many times have I told you? I don’t want him drinking beer except Saturdays.”
Held Over A Second Weekend! The Starlite Drive-in (15605 N. State Highway 21, Cadet, Mo 63630) will be showing a Clint Eastwood Triple Feature this weekend September 24th-25th with his latest, Cry MacHo followed by Every Which Way But Loose (1978), and Any Which Way You Can (1980) . The show starts at 7:30. The Starlite’s other screen will be showing Cop Shop and Forever Purge It’s always best to order tickets in advance! The Starlite’s site can be found Here.
From Warner Bros. Pictures come director/producer Clint Eastwood’s uplifting and poignant drama Cry MacHo. The film stars Clint Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas,...
Held Over A Second Weekend! The Starlite Drive-in (15605 N. State Highway 21, Cadet, Mo 63630) will be showing a Clint Eastwood Triple Feature this weekend September 24th-25th with his latest, Cry MacHo followed by Every Which Way But Loose (1978), and Any Which Way You Can (1980) . The show starts at 7:30. The Starlite’s other screen will be showing Cop Shop and Forever Purge It’s always best to order tickets in advance! The Starlite’s site can be found Here.
From Warner Bros. Pictures come director/producer Clint Eastwood’s uplifting and poignant drama Cry MacHo. The film stars Clint Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Tokyo International Film Festival will open with the Japanese premiere of Cry Macho, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, on Oct. 30 and close with the Japanese premiere of Stephen Chbosky’s Dear Evan Hansen on Nov. 8.
In his 50th year as a filmmaker, Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino and American Sniper) directs, stars and produces the neo-Western drama Cry Macho, which ventures into new territory,” the festival said about the emotional drama. Eduardo Minett and Natalia Traven are also part of the cast.
Dear Evan Hansen is the film adaptation of the hit musical by the songwriting duo of La La Land and The Greatest Showman, in which ...
In his 50th year as a filmmaker, Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino and American Sniper) directs, stars and produces the neo-Western drama Cry Macho, which ventures into new territory,” the festival said about the emotional drama. Eduardo Minett and Natalia Traven are also part of the cast.
Dear Evan Hansen is the film adaptation of the hit musical by the songwriting duo of La La Land and The Greatest Showman, in which ...
- 9/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Tokyo International Film Festival will open with the Japanese premiere of Cry Macho, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, on Oct. 30 and close with the Japanese premiere of Stephen Chbosky’s Dear Evan Hansen on Nov. 8.
In his 50th year as a filmmaker, Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino and American Sniper) directs, stars and produces the neo-Western drama Cry Macho, which ventures into new territory,” the festival said about the emotional drama. Eduardo Minett and Natalia Traven are also part of the cast.
Dear Evan Hansen is the film adaptation of the hit musical by the songwriting duo of La La Land and The Greatest Showman, in which ...
In his 50th year as a filmmaker, Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino and American Sniper) directs, stars and produces the neo-Western drama Cry Macho, which ventures into new territory,” the festival said about the emotional drama. Eduardo Minett and Natalia Traven are also part of the cast.
Dear Evan Hansen is the film adaptation of the hit musical by the songwriting duo of La La Land and The Greatest Showman, in which ...
- 9/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Cry Macho Review — Cry Macho (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Eduardo Minett, Daniel V. Graulau, Amber Lynn Ashley, Brytnee Ratledge, Alexandra Ruddy, Sebestien Soliz, Horacio Garcia Rojas, Ivan Hernandez, Fernanda Urrejola, Natalia Traven, Marco Rodriguez, Abiah Martinez, Ramona Thornton and Elida Munoz. Clint Eastwood’s [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Cry MacHo (2021): Clint Eastwood’s New Dramatic Film is a Well Meaning But Slight Slice of Life...
Continue reading: Film Review: Cry MacHo (2021): Clint Eastwood’s New Dramatic Film is a Well Meaning But Slight Slice of Life...
- 9/18/2021
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Chicago – Clint Eastwood’s return to the western is an amiable-but-relativiely-minor mosey south of the border. The 91-year-old doesn’t embarrass himself, but this small stakes story is far from Clint’s finest hour. In “Cry Macho” Eastwood is a former rodeo cowboy and horse trainer named Mike who has run into hard times after a devastating heartbreak.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
So when his old boss Polk (Dwight Yoakim) asks Mike for one last favor, he takes the job. Eastwood’s character heads down into Mexico – circa 1979 – to track down Polk’s teenage son Rafa (Eduardo Minett), who had been living with his mother and is now out on the streets. Mike’s job is to find the boy, convince him to get in the car, travel back to border, and bring him to Texas.
“Cry Macho” is in theaters and streams for a month on HBO Max on September 17th. Featuring Clint Eastwood,...
Rating: 3.0/5.0
So when his old boss Polk (Dwight Yoakim) asks Mike for one last favor, he takes the job. Eastwood’s character heads down into Mexico – circa 1979 – to track down Polk’s teenage son Rafa (Eduardo Minett), who had been living with his mother and is now out on the streets. Mike’s job is to find the boy, convince him to get in the car, travel back to border, and bring him to Texas.
“Cry Macho” is in theaters and streams for a month on HBO Max on September 17th. Featuring Clint Eastwood,...
- 9/17/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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Clint Eastwood is back in the saddle (and behind the camera) for “Cry Macho,” a Western about a washed-up horse breeder who agrees to kidnap a child for his former boss. The film premiered in movie theaters on Friday, but for those who want to watch from home, “Cry Macho” is also streaming exclusively on HBO Max for the next 31 days.
Eastwood, 91, directed and produced the film in addition to playing the lead role. He first received the story nearly 40 years ago, but the timing wasn’t right, the Oscar winner said in an interview with Parade magazine. “I knew the character needed some mileage on him, so I turned it down,” he revealed.
Clint Eastwood is back in the saddle (and behind the camera) for “Cry Macho,” a Western about a washed-up horse breeder who agrees to kidnap a child for his former boss. The film premiered in movie theaters on Friday, but for those who want to watch from home, “Cry Macho” is also streaming exclusively on HBO Max for the next 31 days.
Eastwood, 91, directed and produced the film in addition to playing the lead role. He first received the story nearly 40 years ago, but the timing wasn’t right, the Oscar winner said in an interview with Parade magazine. “I knew the character needed some mileage on him, so I turned it down,” he revealed.
- 9/17/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
Clint Eastwood must know he’s getting close to the end. Watching him onscreen in Cry Macho, the 45th directorial credit in a storied career that’s spanned six decades, he brings a sense of contentment and poignancy to every scene. Once wily and horny, his smile seems peaceful and less aggressive. If the tall man with no name is now hunched over and frail, he moves slowly—not only from necessity but because he’s simply in no rush. There are no more battles to fight, only horizons to watch. “I don’t know how to cure old,” he says at one point, in what has to be the most empathetic line delivery of his career.
With Cry Macho, the legendary auteur wants us to know these are not by any means tragic developments. This is a reverie, not a requiem. Clunky and cranky in the most charming of ways,...
With Cry Macho, the legendary auteur wants us to know these are not by any means tragic developments. This is a reverie, not a requiem. Clunky and cranky in the most charming of ways,...
- 9/16/2021
- by Glenn Heath Jr.
- The Film Stage
Cry Macho is the 39th feature film directed by Clint Eastwood, coming almost exactly 50 years after he made his directorial debut in 1971 with Play Misty for Me. It’s also Eastwood’s first time onscreen since 2018’s The Mule, which he also directed; he did not appear in his last effort behind the camera, 2019’s Richard Jewell. We mention all this simply because those last two films were far superior to this one, so it’s difficult to say if Cry Macho represents a decline in the 91-year-old filmmaker’s abilities or is just a more casually produced effort than those last efforts.
Which is not to say that Cry Macho doesn’t have heart; it does, almost too much of it, with the movie’s uneven script and performances treading dangerously close to contrived sentimentality. But the movie’s slack pacing and overall low stakes vibe prevent the characters...
Which is not to say that Cry Macho doesn’t have heart; it does, almost too much of it, with the movie’s uneven script and performances treading dangerously close to contrived sentimentality. But the movie’s slack pacing and overall low stakes vibe prevent the characters...
- 9/15/2021
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
When Clint Eastwood throws a punch in his new film “Cry Macho” — and Eastwood the director has always had a trademark way of filming the connecting of a fist to a guy who deserves it — there’s a sort of “aww” quality to it. You don’t necessarily have to believe he’d get the drop on a goon one-third his age. It’s a wink from a movie legend, and it’s sort of hilarious.
The story of a down-and-out ex-rodeo star and a troubled boy, “Cry Macho” includes a handful of other classic Eastwood signposts: Crustiness, a truck, horses, bad guys, wise words growled to a “kid,” and a plaintive musical motif. There are wide-open spaces, but also dark interior spaces — both the minimal-lighting kind and the quietly acted kind, quivering with regret. A road movie that, considering who made it, starts pretty far down that road, “Cry Macho” is familiar and loose,...
The story of a down-and-out ex-rodeo star and a troubled boy, “Cry Macho” includes a handful of other classic Eastwood signposts: Crustiness, a truck, horses, bad guys, wise words growled to a “kid,” and a plaintive musical motif. There are wide-open spaces, but also dark interior spaces — both the minimal-lighting kind and the quietly acted kind, quivering with regret. A road movie that, considering who made it, starts pretty far down that road, “Cry Macho” is familiar and loose,...
- 9/15/2021
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Cry Macho Trailer — Clint Eastwood‘s Cry Macho (2021) movie trailer has been released by Warner Bros. The Cry Macho trailer stars Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Dwight Yoakam, Fernanda Urrejola, Brytnee Ratledge, Amber Lynn Ashley, Elida Munoz, Alexandra Ruddy, and Horacio Garcia-Rojas. Crew Nick Schenk and N. Richard Nash wrote the screenplay [...]
Continue reading: Cry MacHo (2021) Movie Trailer: Clint Eastwood Directs & Stars in a Neo-western Drama about an Ex-Rodeo Star...
Continue reading: Cry MacHo (2021) Movie Trailer: Clint Eastwood Directs & Stars in a Neo-western Drama about an Ex-Rodeo Star...
- 8/6/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
When we last reported on Cry MacHo, the American neo-Western drama directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the film, Warner Brothers had announced an October 21st opening date. Now they’ve moved it up to September 17th and released a poster and this new trailer:
No matter what age he is, Clint Eastwood will always be a cowboy at heart.
The 91-year-old actor is back in the saddle for his upcoming movie Cry Macho, a Western drama set in 1979. Along with producing and directing the film, Eastwood stars as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair face an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.
No matter what age he is, Clint Eastwood will always be a cowboy at heart.
The 91-year-old actor is back in the saddle for his upcoming movie Cry Macho, a Western drama set in 1979. Along with producing and directing the film, Eastwood stars as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair face an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.
- 8/6/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Clint Eastwood at 91 years old is returning to the screen for his first film as an actor since 2018, and in the first look at “Cry Macho,” Clint is slowing down and reminding audiences that the whole tough guy routine isn’t all its made out to be.
Eastwood directs and stars in “Cry Macho,” which casts him as a one-time rodeo star and horse breeder who is asked by an old friend to bring back his son from Mexico. The set up suggests a smuggling movie in line with Eastwood’s last movie he acted in “The Mule.” But Eastwood delivers an emotional, wistful monologue in the trailer about why he’s no longer “macho” in the way his traveling companion wants him to be.
“I used to be a lot of things, but not now,” Eastwood says. “I’ll tell you something, this macho thing is overrated. People trying...
Eastwood directs and stars in “Cry Macho,” which casts him as a one-time rodeo star and horse breeder who is asked by an old friend to bring back his son from Mexico. The set up suggests a smuggling movie in line with Eastwood’s last movie he acted in “The Mule.” But Eastwood delivers an emotional, wistful monologue in the trailer about why he’s no longer “macho” in the way his traveling companion wants him to be.
“I used to be a lot of things, but not now,” Eastwood says. “I’ll tell you something, this macho thing is overrated. People trying...
- 8/6/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Warner Bros has debuted the first trailer for Clint Eastwood’s ‘Cry Macho’ in which he not only directs but stars too.
The film stars Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.
The film also stars Eduardo Minett as the young boy, Rafo, in his feature film debut, Natalia Traven as Marta, with Dwight Yoakam as Mike’s former employer, Howard Polk. The cast also includes Fernanda Urrejola as Leta and Horacio Garcia-Rojas as Aurelio.
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The...
The film stars Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.
The film also stars Eduardo Minett as the young boy, Rafo, in his feature film debut, Natalia Traven as Marta, with Dwight Yoakam as Mike’s former employer, Howard Polk. The cast also includes Fernanda Urrejola as Leta and Horacio Garcia-Rojas as Aurelio.
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The...
- 8/6/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Warner Bros. has released a trailer for Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Cry Macho. The film, directed by and starring Eastwood, is in theaters and streaming on HBO Max on September 17th.
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The movie’s synopsis notes, “The film stars Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey,...
Clint Eastwood: 25 Essential Movies
The movie’s synopsis notes, “The film stars Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey,...
- 8/6/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
"Cry Macho" is the new dramatic feature, directed by Clint Eastwood, adapting the 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash, starring Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Dwight Yoakam, Fernanda Urrejola, and Horacio Garcia Rojas, opening theatrically September 17, 2021, with a simultaneous streaming release on HBO Max for 31 days:
"....Mike Milo is a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.
"Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption..."
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"....Mike Milo is a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.
"Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption..."
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- 8/6/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Clint Eastwood redefines machismo in the trailer for his upcoming movie “Cry Macho,” out in theaters and streaming on HBO Max on Sept. 17.
The 91-year-old Eastwood directed the film and stars as Mike Milo, an ex-rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who agrees to bring his former boss’ young son, Rafo (Eduardo Minett), home from Mexico. On their journey back to Texas, the pair takes backroads and encounters unexpected challenges, all while Mike forms an unlikely connection with Rafo and develops his own sense of redemption.
“This macho thing is overrated,” Eastwood says in the trailer. “Just people trying to be macho to show that they’ve got grit. That’s about all they end up with.”
“Cry Macho” also stars Natalia Traven as Marta and Dwight Yoakam as Mike’s former employer, Howard Polk. The cast also includes Fernanda Urrejola as Leta and Horacio Garcia-Rojas as Aurelio.
“It’s...
The 91-year-old Eastwood directed the film and stars as Mike Milo, an ex-rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who agrees to bring his former boss’ young son, Rafo (Eduardo Minett), home from Mexico. On their journey back to Texas, the pair takes backroads and encounters unexpected challenges, all while Mike forms an unlikely connection with Rafo and develops his own sense of redemption.
“This macho thing is overrated,” Eastwood says in the trailer. “Just people trying to be macho to show that they’ve got grit. That’s about all they end up with.”
“Cry Macho” also stars Natalia Traven as Marta and Dwight Yoakam as Mike’s former employer, Howard Polk. The cast also includes Fernanda Urrejola as Leta and Horacio Garcia-Rojas as Aurelio.
“It’s...
- 8/5/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
"You used to be strong... macho." "I used to be a lot of things, but I'm not now..." Warner Bros has finally unveiled the first official trailer for Clint Eastwood's latest film titled Cry Macho, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The script is an adaptation of N. Richard Nash's novel of the same name, and Eastwood isn't credited as a writer. He stars as a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder named Mike Milo. After he loses his wife and child, he sinks into an alcoholic depression. In 1978, he takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico and away from his alcoholic mother, but the journey is more challenging than expected. It also co-stars newcomer Eduardo Minett as Rafa, along with Dwight Yoakam, Natalia Traven, Fernanda Urrejola, and Horacio Garcia Rojas. Shot by Dp Ben Davis. Uh, my goodness this looks great!
- 8/5/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Eduardo Minett is set to make his English-language feature film debut co-starring opposite Clint Eastwood in Warner Bros’ Cry Macho, which Eastwood will also direct. Natalia Traven, Dwight Yoakam, Horacio Garcia Rojas and Fernanda Urrejola are also on board. Eastwood has shown a knack for finding fresh new talent to share the screen with over the years including his 2008 drama Gran Torino, when he tapped newcomer Bee Vang as his co-star.
Al Ruddy and Jessica Meier are producing, along with Tim Moore and Eastwood at Malpaso. The production is currently wrapping filming in New Mexico.
Based on the underlying book written by N. Richard Nash and a screenplay written by Nash and Nick Schenk, Cry Macho stars Eastwood as a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1978, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom.
Al Ruddy and Jessica Meier are producing, along with Tim Moore and Eastwood at Malpaso. The production is currently wrapping filming in New Mexico.
Based on the underlying book written by N. Richard Nash and a screenplay written by Nash and Nick Schenk, Cry Macho stars Eastwood as a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1978, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom.
- 12/17/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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