The Mule
3 1/2 out of 5
It is a hard film to review :
Positives:
1-It is a crazy true story
2-It is well acted by everyone involved...including, probably an Oscar Nod for Clint Eastwood (Also an underrated performance, Probably by the Oscar committee, by Andy Garcia).
Negatives:
1-It felt long and repetitive. The The Run...The Return..The Run.....The Return...yes sometimes he comes close to "Trouble", but at 2 hours it gets long. Thankfully Eastwood and Garcia help push the narrative.
2-There is a back story that gets in the way, about Earl Stone (Eastwood) and his non-relationship- with his family. It is interesting but it gets in the way of the story...it drags the movie out. I understand it tries to give the film heart but in reality it is not needed.
3-We see the same drug...I guess runners but we never know what happens to them. We know what happens to Earl but no one else and he is just a cog in a big wheel. Maybe they were just a combination of a bunch of drug runners and made into just a couple of characters to simplify the film. However again it makes the film seem flat at the end...we just see Earl at the end.
Just like my last review of Boy Erased, I cannot recommend seeing this in the theatre (It is a better told story then Boy Erased), but it is well worth a look when it becomes available for home viewing.
From the shadows as always thanks for your time
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