The Mule (2018) movie poster

The Mule (2018)

"Nobody runs forever"
ThumbScore
👍 74%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 64%
CrimeDrama

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Director
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
R
Country
Canada, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.9/10 (5,296 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
Metacritic
58

Cast

Clint Eastwood as Earl Stone · 75% avg
Bradley Cooper as Agent Colin Bates · 71% avg
Laurence Fishburne as Special Agent in Charge · 72% avg
Michael Peña as Agent Treviño · 68% avg
Dianne Wiest as Mary · 72% avg
Andy Garcia as Latón · 69% avg
Taissa Farmiga as Ginny · 67% avg

Is The Mule good?

Most people think so. 74% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 64%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#654 / 1253 · Crime
Rank in its year
#123 / 326 · 2018
Rank among its director's films
#19 / 34 · Clint Eastwood

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

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. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

The Mule is a 2018 American crime drama directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, inspired by the true story of Leo Sharp, a World War II veteran who became a drug courier for the Sinaloa Cartel at age 87. Eastwood plays Earl Stone, a horticulturist whose obsessive devotion to his work has cost him his family — his ex-wife, played by Dianne Wiest, and daughter barely speak to him. Bradley Cooper plays the DEA agent tracking the cartel's transportation network.

Clint Eastwood's performance was a quiet meditation on regret, aging, and the belated recognition that no achievement matters if you've lost the people who love you. The Mule earned $174 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.

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