“Cry Macho” (**1/2 out of four) was an amiably done if not altogether successful melodrama about a one-time rodeo star (Clint Eastwood) who is now washed up and in the twilight of his life who is hired by an old friend (Dwight Yoakam) to bring his young son (Daniel Graulau) home from the border but along the way they develop a relationship and he starts to wonder if bringing him back home is the right thing to do and what’s best for him. Eastwood (who also directed) remains an ageless and charismatic wonder at 91 years old and carries this almost single-handedly though the movie moves along too leisurely and film’s ending is unsatisfying and abrupt. Still, an overall worthwhile addition to Eastwood’s catalogue and definitely in keeping with his past themes of redemption and resumption.

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