The Mule
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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.
What critics thought
The Mule landed in genuinely mixed territory with critics — functional enough to please audiences considerably more than reviewers, but far from a late-career triumph by consensus. A minority found it among Eastwood's finest work in decades; others felt the source material was doing most of the heavy lifting.
“This soulful and deeply satisfying film—a fitting swan song, 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.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“It's a great true story, colorfully told by Sam Dolnick in The New York Times”
Peter Debruge·Variety
Genres
Crime, Drama
Cast & Crew
Clint EastwoodDirectorClint EastwoodEarl Stone
Bradley CooperAgent Colin Bates
Laurence FishburneSpecial Agent in Charge
Michael PeñaAgent Treviño
Dianne WiestMary
Andy GarciaLatón
Ignacio SerricchioJulio
Taissa FarmigaGinny
Alison EastwoodIris
Richard HerdTim Kennedy
Lobo SebastianBug
Manny MontanaAxl
Arturo SandovalComposer
Nick SchenkWriter
Yves BélangerCinematographyThe Mule
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.
What critics thought
The Mule landed in genuinely mixed territory with critics — functional enough to please audiences considerably more than reviewers, but far from a late-career triumph by consensus. A minority found it among Eastwood's finest work in decades; others felt the source material was doing most of the heavy lifting.
“This soulful and deeply satisfying film—a fitting swan song, 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.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“It's a great true story, colorfully told by Sam Dolnick in The New York Times”
Peter Debruge·Variety
Genres
Crime, Drama
Cast & Crew
Clint EastwoodDirectorClint EastwoodEarl StoneBradley CooperAgent Colin BatesLaurence FishburneSpecial Agent in ChargeMichael PeñaAgent TreviñoDianne WiestMaryAndy GarciaLatónIgnacio SerricchioJulioTaissa FarmigaGinnyAlison EastwoodIrisRichard HerdTim KennedyLobo SebastianBugManny MontanaAxlArturo SandovalComposerNick SchenkWriterYves BélangerCinematographyRent & Buy