Today it looks much better, and contains one of Eastwood's most openhearted performances.

| May 1, 2009

It is a guileless tribute not only to plain values of plain people in Depression America, but also to the sweet spirit of country-and-western music before it got all duded up for the urban cowboys.

| Oct 26, 2008

More of a curiosity piece for followers of Eastwood than a truly compelling story.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 26, 2008

Eastwood took great pains in telling this story of an aging, struggling country singer...

| Oct 26, 2008

One of the unnoticed treasures of the '80s.

| Original Score: A | Apr 9, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 27, 2006

The whole thing veers wildly in quality, and no Eastwood-hater should go within a mile of it; but few lovers of American cinema could fail to be moved by a venture conceived so recklessly against the spirit of its times.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 30, 2005

Surprisingly sweet and mellow piece from Mr. Eastwood.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 17, 2005

This is a sweet, whimsical, low-key movie, a movie that makes you feel good without pressing you too hard.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 23, 2004

The film comes across sympathetically but unconvincingly, as an attempt by a well-established movie tough guy to reveal his tender side.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2004

Sweet and heartfelt.

| Original Score: B | Apr 29, 2004

Clint Eastwood's dust bowl drama Honkytonk Man is a sensitive road picture about a mostly luckless aspiring country music singer.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 2, 2003

Uneven, indulgent and overlong, but, perversely, it still has a few good moments: the appearance of the some country greats, Eastwood's character trying to sing through his illness, the picturesque scenery.

| May 24, 2003