No, you're not. You're SUPPOSED to laugh. You think that line was put in there by accident?

And permit me to respectfully disagree. I think this is Clint's best performance since UNFORGIVEN, possibly ever. He takes the whole Dirty-Harry-In-Retirement concept and stands it on its ear; it's also by far his funniest performance (it amazes me how few people pick up on this). The entire picture is in essence his SHOOTIST: aging alpha male burdened by all the killing in his life learns (not a spoiler, folks; they reveal this early on) he has a terminal disease and decides to help out a young man as an act of contrition. It's a remarkable film.

Gran Tarino is a comedy. With Clint uttering bad dialogue in a growling manner that actually makes me laugh.

I could actually see Charles Bronson doing this kind of movie 10 years ago and it would be a straight to video release. Clint almost saved the entire movie. Almost.

Cadavra,

I hear you, I hear you. But if the trailer comes on the TV, and you're not looking at it, just listening ... it's pretty damned funny. Then again, my older daughter has been watching Buffy and Angel non-stop, and some of that sounds kind of funny playing in the background too, absent the visuals.

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