Cry Macho
critic Reviews
, 57% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Cry Macho proves Clint Eastwood remains an economic filmmaker and charismatic screen presence -- albeit one who's an awkward fit for this particular project.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJake WilsonThe Age (Australia)
Nobody has turned getting old into a project like Eastwood has, the weariness deepening while the swagger fades like a mirage, leaving him frailer, more exposed and more recognisably human. But still Clint, still the myth.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSimran HansObserver (UK)
There's something touching about seeing the 91-year-old Eastwood in such a reflective mood.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreLinda MarricThe London Economic
Terribly dated, messy and more than a little rough around the edges.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherTimes (UK)
Clint Eastwood's best movies have an elegiac quality - they are the films of an older man, full of regrets - and this latest effort from the 91-year-old screen icon is elegiac squared.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
The film's presence in 21st century cinemas is a marvel. It is like turning up at the ferry port to find yourself ushered on to a tea clipper. A rickety tea clipper.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTim RobeyDaily Telegraph (UK)
This Tex-Mex drama about a retired rodeo star on a mercy mission has an intermittent dawdling charm. It's also slack and featherbrained - and set in the late 1970s, but you can barely tell.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAkos PeterbenczeVulnerable Man (Medium)
Westerns often have an oversimplified plot that gives more space for the protagonists to develop and drive the story. Cry Macho attempts to do just that but fails on many levels.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter BellVague Visages
Cry Macho is a slow, sweet story with outstanding cinematography that leaves viewers with the melancholy of a sunset, but it’s not a film that one must rush to see.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBenjamín HarguindeyEscribiendoCine
There aren't any injustices to rectify or honors to avenge in Cry Macho, but rather, personal quests about what one needs - beyond what one thinks one deserves. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreDallas KingOuttake Mag
Cry Macho? If anything, you’ll be crying tears of boredom...
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