Review: Clint Eastwood directs and stars in 'Cry Macho,' the story of a down-on-his-luck rodeo rider bringing a wayward boy back from Mexico to Texas
As the director and star of “Cry Macho,” in theaters and on HBO Max, Clint Eastwood sends himself on a picaresque journey through rural Mexico in 1979. He plays Mike Milo, a washed-up rodeo star who accepts a job from his former boss: Go to Mexico City, rescue the man’s supposedly wild-spirited young son from the clutches of his abusive mother, and bring him back to Texas.
And as much verve as available. Most of that is supplied not by Mike, who meters out his emotions cautiously, in the usual Eastwood way, but by Marta , the widowed proprietor of a small-town cantina. She warms Mike’s heart, which has been chilled by grief and adversity, and lights up every moment she’s on screen. The wayward son, Rafo Polk , proves to be tender, rather than wild, his initial hostility notwithstanding.
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