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The Mule

2018 · 116 min

A gentle, rueful character study that ambles along like a long drive, mixing quiet regret with easy charm and a slow ache of reconciliation.

Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne

Tagline: Nobody runs forever
Overview: Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

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Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
redemption
guilt
aging
crime
Places: road trip
small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: crime, drama
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Written by: Nick Schenk
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia, Ignacio Serricchio, Taissa Farmiga
Music: Arturo Sandoval
Cinematography: Yves Bélanger
Runtime: 116 min
Country: Canada, United States of America
Languages: English, Spanish

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