
As this movie opens on an Oklahoma farm during the Great Depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red Stovall (Clint Eastwood), Emmy's (Verna Bloom's) brother. A roguish country-western musician, he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, his chance of a lifetime to become a success. However, this is way back in Nashville, Red clearly drives terribly, and he's broke and si... (Full plot summary below)
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As this movie opens on an Oklahoma farm during the Great Depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red Stovall (Clint Eastwood), Emmy's (Verna Bloom's) brother. A roguish country-western musician, he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, his chance of a lifetime to become a success. However, this is way back in Nashville, Red clearly drives terribly, and he's broke and sick with tuberculosis to boot. Whit (Kyle Eastwood), fourteen, seeing his own chance of a lifetime to avoid "growing up to be a cotton picker all my life", begs Ma to let him go with Uncle Red as driver and protégé. Thus begins a picaresque journey both hilarious and poignant.
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| VarietyVariety StaffEastwood took great pains in telling this story of an aging, struggling country singer... |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottIt is a guileless tribute not only to plain values of plain people in Depression America, but also to the sweet spirit of country-and-western music before it got all duded up for the urban cowboys. |
| Slant MagazineEric HendersonThough the film is obviously coated with a veneer of nostalgic sentimentality, Eastwood never lets Honkytonk Man veer into maudlin territory. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is a sweet, whimsical, low-key movie, a movie that makes you feel good without pressing you too hard. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinOnly charm and sentimentality could have brought the requisite magic to Clint Eastwood's Honkytonk Man; unfortunately, this well-intentioned but weak film hasn't nearly enough of either. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonToday it looks much better, and contains one of Eastwood's most openhearted performances. |
| Time OutDerek AdamsThe whole thing veers wildly in quality, and no Eastwood-hater should go within a mile of it; but few lovers of American cinema could fail to be moved by a venture conceived so recklessly against the spirit of its times. |
| User ReviewGuillaume PA very moving picture with Eastwood singing and playing by himself. |
| User Reviewgary twell umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that clint eastwood, barry corbin, bette ford, matt clark, tim thomerson play good parts throguhout this movie..i think that the director of this Drama movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie its a good movie 2 watch |
| User ReviewJames CC'est juste le plus â??L'Amérique selon Clint Eastwoodâ?? des Eastwood. Une merveille indémodable. |