Trailer+1 trailer
Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Fingerprint
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 64Audiences 68GoodWatch 66
Tomatometer69%
Metascore58
IMDb7.0
User score6.9
Letterboxd · 191 K ratings3.4/5
Audience score67%
Box office
3.5×its budget
- Budget
- $50 M
- Worldwide
- $175 M
Worldwide it earned $125 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 56 min
A typical length for crime movies, +10 min on the typical 106
typical 106116Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 52 countries, rent or buy in 47 more
+42Released
2018
December 14, 2018
8 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
SpanishMade in
- Canada
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 53 more71 people
- Clint 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
Noel GugliemiBald Rob- GMGustavo MuñozFarmhand #2
- PLPatrick L. ReyesFarmhand #3
Cesar de LeónJosé
Jackie PruchaHelen
Adam DrescherComputer Daylily Guy- CMChristi McClintockDaylily Fan
Keith FlippenMC
Kinsley Isla DillonYounger Ginny
Joe KnezevichDave- MLMegan LeahyBartender
Austin FreemanMike
Directing · 3
- Clint Eastwood Director, Producer
- Ana Maria Quintana Script Supervisor
- David M. Bernstein First Assistant Director, Co-Producer
Writing · 2
- Nick Schenk Screenplay
- Sam Dolnick Original Concept
Production · 16
- Ruben Fleischer Executive Producer
- Aaron L. Gilbert Executive Producer
- David Bernad Executive Producer
- Todd Hoffman Executive Producer
- Dan Friedkin Producer
- Bradley Thomas Producer
Camera · 9
- Yves Bélanger Director of Photography
- Hans Bjerno Aerial Director of Photography
- Claire Folger Still Photographer
- James W. Apted First Assistant "A" Camera
- Eric Dvorsky Aerial Camera Technician
- Michael Kellogg Digital Imaging Technician
Editing · 1
- Joel Cox Editor
Sound · 9
- Arturo Sandoval Original Music Composer
- Alan Robert Murray Supervising Sound Editor
- Dean A. Zupancic Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- John Joseph Thomas Sound Effects Editor
- Darren Maynard Sound Effects Editor
- Goeun Lee Everett Sound Effects Editor
Art · 6
- Kevin Ishioka Production Design
- Ronald R. Reiss Set Decoration
- Jason Sweers Graphic Designer
- Rory Bruen Art Direction
- Lindsay Good Art Department Coordinator
- Julien Pougnier Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 9
- Deborah Hopper Costume Design
- Jack Taggart Ager/Dyer
- Michael Crow Assistant Costume Designer
- Mitchell Ray Kenney Costume Supervisor
- Vicente Parada Set Costumer
- Matthew Jerome Set Costumer
Visual Effects · 9
- Rick Sander Visual Effects Supervisor
- Adam Ohl Visual Effects Producer
- Amit Kumar 2D Supervisor
- Mrinal Ranjan Digital Compositor
- Terry Fitzpatrick 24 Frame Playback
- Kelsey Elias Digital Compositor
Lighting · 6
- James B. Crawford Gaffer
- David Elwell Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
- Brandon Crawford Lighting Technician
- Matt Shearer Rigging Grip
- Tyler Childs Rigging Gaffer
- Tim Chang Lighting Technician
Other crew · 20
- Doug Coleman Stunt Coordinator
- Eliza Coleman Stunt Driver
- Thom Khoury Williams Stunt Driver
- Derek Russo Stunts
- Scott Dale Stunt Driver, Utility Stunts
- Aaron Matthews Stunts
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