there are some great performances — dianne wiest is brilliant as his long, er, ex — as his long—sufferingthe da agent who's on his tail. the weird thing about the film is it makes a few jokes about the fact that this old guy's attitudes are not very politically correct, his attitude towards race, his attitude towards sexuality and yet, the film's attitudes towards gender politics are very odd because there's a sequence in which he's with the drug boss and he's suddenly — these sort of bikini—clad women who are, like, young enough to be his granddaughter, and no—one never makes any comment on it at all. so it's an odd film. it's got a nice, musing tone. but it's not his best, but it's kind of a — i do think the old man and the gun is a betterfilm. you should see the old man and the gun. it's lovely. and clint eastwood is 88, is that right? he's iio, yeah. still going strong, which is great! love sonia, which sounds a pretty harrowing watch. this is a very, very difficult film. well made, i think. directed by tabrez noorani, who was producer on slumdog millionaire and lion. so it's inspired