The Mule
The story is about a man named Earl Stone, a 88-year-old veteran of the Korean War. After a long time, Earl faces financial ruin and is still looking for money. When Earl Stone is disappointed, he decides to become a dealer to transport cocaine from El Paso to Chicago, where he wants to restore to his job at FW and pay for his daughter's wedding, but he seems to be in real danger.
19 April 1982, Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 June 1977, Miami, Florida, USA
14 September 1981, Trujillo, Peru
5 January 1975, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 July 1990, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
12 April 1956, Havana, Cuba
25 November 1977, Cherry Valley, New York, USA
10 January 1986, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
January 04, 2019
Cosily within Eastwood's wheelhouse as an actor, designed to appeal first and foremost to viewers who want to see him doing his thing one last time.December 21, 2018
This movie is as much a eulogy for a country that Eastwood sees as slowly crumbling as it is for the life Earl chose to lead.December 14, 2018
The story at its core deals with matters that have long been Mr. Eastwood's professional, and clearly personal, concern... When the old man finally mans up to his failings, the movie succeeds with special poignancy.January 04, 2019
Once you get past the outrageous nature of its true-life premise, this crime drama stumbles in its attempt to confront a deeper moral complexity, instead opting for a predictable redemption saga.January 07, 2019
Clint Eastwood...is the gold standard of actor-director.January 03, 2019
The Mule thrives in teasing ambiguity...For decades now, Eastwood has been one of the great interrogators of American social mores.December 16, 2018
A little nuance and it could have gotten there, but Eastwood's already moving on.January 05, 2019
As strange as it may sound, Clint Eastwood is trying, through his movies, to become a better person.January 02, 2019
Eastwood fans... will receive The Mule as a masterpiece, but the truth is that the film has flat moments. [Full review in Spanish]December 14, 2018
There's nothing heroic about Earl, but in Eastwood's 38th film as a director, he makes the character a felonious centerpiece as likable as anyone could ever imagine.January 03, 2019
Eastwood, once again, offers the spectators of his indelible art the emotions of cinema in the form of cinema. [Full Review in Spanish]December 14, 2018
Tonally, this thing is a disaster, and you can only conclude that its maker, capable of sharp ironies as recently as 2014's American Sniper, didn't fully digest the material.