Clint Eastwood keeps surprising - I like to think this story came across his desk and he thought "I can play that... it'll be easy to do and fun" and when Bradley Cooper agreed to play a support part they were off to the races. It's a sprightly interesting drama that I was never sure where was going or where it would end up.
Clint plays really a doddery old here, stooped over and shuffling, talking about negroes. He still has two three somes - not one, but two! He's played a man estranged from his family before, actually a lot (Alison Eastwood is his daughter)... but the drug running thing is fresh because you're never sure what direction the film is going to go.
He's extremely touching in his scenes with Diane Wiest though part of me wished that role had been played by one of his old co stars from his sixties/seventies days eg Shirley MacLaine (my dream would've been Sondra Locke but that wasn't likely).
Bradley Cooper adds a bit of star dash to the part - filmmakers sometimes whine about financiers insisting on stars but it does make a difference someone being famous in this role. Especially as the cops aren't very nice.
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