Honkytonk Man PG

The boy is on his way to becoming a man. The man is on his way to becoming a legend.
Honkytonk Man
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  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 3 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 1, 2010
  • Originally Released: 1982
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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User Ratings: 5,947
Rating: 3/4 -- This is a sweet, whimsical, low-key movie, a movie that makes you feel good without pressing you too hard. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 24, 2004
The film comes across sympathetically but unconvincingly, as an attempt by a well-established movie tough guy to reveal his tender side.
New York Times
Aug 31, 2004
Rating: 5/5 -- One of the unnoticed treasures of the '80s. Full Review
eFilmCritic.com
Apr 9, 2007
Eastwood took great pains in telling this story of an aging, struggling country singer... Full Review
Variety
Oct 26, 2008
Rating: 2.5/4 -- More of a curiosity piece for followers of Eastwood than a truly compelling story. Full Review
TV Guide
Oct 26, 2008
The 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. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
Rating: 3/4 -- Clint Eastwood's dust bowl drama Honkytonk Man is a sensitive road picture about a mostly luckless aspiring country music singer. Full Review
Slant Magazine
Sep 2, 2003

Product Description:

Clint Eastwood's HONKYTONK MAN is certainly one of the actor-director's gentler works. The low-key period film takes place during the depression, with Eastwood starring as Red Stovall, a struggling country singer on the verge of his big break. Red's been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, but as the film opens, he's a long way from success. He shows up at his sister's Oklahoma home drunk, in a stolen car, and suffering from tuberculosis. His sister ends up sending her son, Whit (Kyle Eastwood), along with Red to Nashville to make sure he gets to his audition in one piece. The interaction between Red and his 14-year-old nephew is the focus of the film. Eastwood again plays a rather unreliable type. Red is a bit of a scoundrel, and he and Whit get into quite a bit of trouble on their way to Tennessee, as Red's health deteriorates. At one point, they pick up a teenage prostitute (Alexa Kenin) who begs them to take her along to Nashville so she can pursue a singing career. Eastwood's film captures the period and the desperate straits of his characters perfectly while maintaining a light and humorous tone.

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  • Sales Rank: 132,428
  • UPC: 883929126675
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