Cry Macho : Le chemin de la rédemption

« Because even if Eastwood keeps up his filmmaking pace for another decade or more, Cry Macho, which he directed from a long kicking-around script by Nick Schenk and N. Richard Nash, and which began as a 1975 novel by Nash (and this movie adapts it very loosely, to say the least), will end up one of his more unusual films. »

« As a director, Eastwood keeps his tone almost primordially simple; not for Macho are the murky moral calculations and defined character arcs of The Unforgiven, American Sniper, or even Gran Torino. »

« The 91-year-old star-director eases his way into the uneven but heartfelt Mexico-set story of a grizzled ex-rodeo star and a troubled boy. »

« Eastwood remains a filmmaker of ageless diverting classicism, but this road movie is a minor affair. »

« Cry Macho est à la fois attendrissant et maladroit. Quelque chose manque cruellement. Une étincelle qui nous garderait vraiment captivés. »

« The star-director plays with familiar tropes as a cowboy in his twilight, but delivers a surprising emotional payoff. »

« He may be old, but he's far from done, and Cry Macho is a nice vehicle that I would call his on-screen swan song, but with Clint, you never really know, do you? »

« The directionless plot in Cry Macho wouldn't be a problem if one actually enjoyed spending time with the central characters, but that's not something that is on the table... »

« Heureusement, la présence à l'image d'un Eastwood vieillissant, au charisme intact, apporte quand même au film, tardivement, quelques moments d'émotion bienvenus. »