The Mule

The Mule

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  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Release Date: 2018-12-14
  • Runtime: 116 minutes
  • : 6.8
  • Production Company: Imperative Entertainment
  • Production Country: Canada, United States of America
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6.8/10
6.8
From 4,876 Ratings

Description

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

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Reviews

  • Peter McGinn

    9
    By Peter McGinn
    I wonder if Clint Eastwood is one of the few directors who could have gotten this movie made. It took me a while to get around to watching it, partly due to some of the negative buzz I heard out there in the Interworld. I suspect I liked this movie for the same reason a lot of the bad buzzy folks hated it. How many respected directors have the star power to get a movie made that, even with a violent Mexican drug cartel involved in the plot, turns out to be a thoughtful, mostly gentle character study of an old man awakening fully to regrets of how he treated his family in his younger years. This type of story even goes against the grain of the violent movies that made Eastwood a star in the first place. It is not a movie I will likely watch again - there is just too much out there still to see for this movie to draw me in a second time. But it was entertaining, a fine addition to the library of diverse films directed by the Man with No Name.

  • r96sk

    7
    By r96sk
    This be good. I enjoyed 'The Mule'. It's an entertaining and well paced flick from 2018, as Clint Eastwood fully stars in a film for the first time since 2012's 'Trouble with the Curve' - and first also as director since 2008's 'Gran Torino'. The 1930-born actor still has it! There's a good cast behind Eastwood, with performances given by the likes of Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne and Michael Peña - all of whom have worked with Clint before. Neat to see Hector himself, Noel Gugliemi, involved. One half of the 'Breaking Bad' Salamanca brothers, Daniel Moncada, is there too. Incredibly, the film is based on a real dude! Quite the geezer!

  • CinemaSerf

    7
    By CinemaSerf
    Clint Eastwood takes on the character of "Earl Stone", an elderly gent who takes great pride in his award winning flowers but one who is broke; facing the loss of his home and his business. He has to earn some cash, so takes on a job as a delivery driver. He's a Korean War vet, so whilst never quite sure what he is "delivering", he knows full well that the less police involvement with his antics, the better. Soon his success snowballs and he gets himself an unwanted minder. As his money worries dwindle, his personal ones start to rear their heads: his ex wife and his granddaughter who have both had occasion to feel abandoned by him. The DEA is also aware that something is amiss, and they've drafted in "Agent Bates" (Bradley Cooper) whose team is soon focussing in on the eponymous character and the net is beginning to tighten. It's not the best film made by Eastwood, this - though at 88, maybe any criticism ought to bear in mind that most folks that age have long stopped trying - it's very slow, almost plodding at times and the characterisations don't quite ignite. The pursuing agents and his cartel employers feature all to peripherally to add much impact to what is essentially the star doing what John Wayne did so well in "True Grit" (1969) - playing the part of a determined old man, and playing it well.

  • GenerationofSwine

    10
    By GenerationofSwine
    I never understood how people disagree with giving a movie either 10 or only 1 star here. Either it does it's job or it doesn't. The Mule is the kind of movie that my dad, rest his soul, would beg me to see in the theater with him, and then rave about after. A lonely old man that breaks a few laws in order to provide for his family and, in the process, gets himself into trouble with some bad guys. And it's all done without over-the-top action and special effects, making for a film that is completely reliant on script and acting alone. In other words, it's old school, dry, and honestly, a pleasure to watch. And it has actual meaning. There is a plot here and a moral to the story. It's a rarity these days.

  • Wuchak

    7
    By Wuchak
    **_Good enough Eastwood flick based on a true story_** A 90 years-old horticulturalist and war veteran (Clint Eastwood) inadvertently becomes a courier for a Mexican drug cartel. Will he continue to neglect his family? “The Mule” (2018) was directed by Eastwood and inspired by the real-life Leo Sharp. There are similarities to “Gran Torino” (2008), but not as much action. Long stretches naturally involve Earl Stone (Eastwood) driving the highways of America. But things perk up in the second half and there’s some welcome human interest. The flick runs 1 hour, 56 minutes, and was shot in Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia, as well as Las Cruces, New Mexico. GRADE: B/B-

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