Movie review: In 'The Mule,' Clint reflects on a life on the road

[The Patriot]

Movie review: In 'The Mule,' Clint reflects on a life on the road

12-14-2018 08:44 AM

Both tender apologia and vigorous justification, Clint Eastwood’s “The Mule” is a deeply, fascinatingly personal meditation from the 88-year-old director who, like his aged drug mule protagonist, has spent a long time on the road.Eastwood isn’t playing himself in “The Mule” — far from it — but it’s hard not to appreciate, and be moved by, the film’s many echoes for the filmmaker.


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