The Mule's reviews
Media reviews
Indiewire
This soulful and deeply satisfying film - a fitting swansong, if ever there was one - makes a compelling argument that change is always possible, and that the path we?re on is never as narrow as the highway makes it look.
The Hollywood Reporter
Less cranky and inciting than 'Gran Torino' but persuasively expressive in conveying an old man's regrets along with his desire to improve himself even in late age, The Mule shows that Eastwood's still got it, both as a director and actor.
Entertainment Weekly
'The Mule' fits the 88-year-old Eastwood perfectly. Not just because there probably aren?t many roles for actors of his age out there, but also because its lack of judgment makes sense for a star who?s always been as willing to play anti-heroes as heroes.
Rolling Stone
'The Mule' is more character study than "Dirty Harry: The Emeritus Years." It's the detours on the road - the stops along the way that show an old man dealing with the dim possibilities of change near the end of his life - that reveal this drug-mule-in-winter drama as a deeply personal reckoning.
Empire
So insubstantial it may not actually exist, 'The Mule' is very much the latest in a long line of minor Clints. But it might help pass the time on long journeys. Just make sure you don?t watch and drive.
The Guardian
As a drama, it?s frustratingly insubstantial, failing to provide enough of an emotional centre or a convincing payoff.