Review of Cry Macho (2021) by Mauro_Lanari — 08 Dec 2021

(Mauro Lanari).

Like the Woody Allen of senescence who deconstructs himself more and more with each new work, Eastwood insists on using the films of his own old age to distance from his macho cinematic icon. Not a particularly difficult task when you are 91: you just need to be framed. In the embarrassing implausibility of the screenplay by Nick Schenk, already author of "Gran Torino" and "The Mule", "Cry Macho" is a buddy road movie stuffed with scenes tending towards science fiction. Essential, minimalist, simple, linear, frank, gentle direction, with too few things to say and show. The concluding considerations on life and of a life are a jumble of banalities, and the desire to enjoy it and still have a good time at his age is not commendable: it is a surreal exorcism of the sunset boulevard.