The Mule
Directed by Clint Eastwood
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. From TMDB
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A few note the film's implausible elements, like Eastwood's threesomes. [1][2]
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Laconic, measured and easy to digest, although it could have done with more substance > How many addicts are out on the street simply because Mr. Sharp brought the cocaine here? - Sam Dolnick quoting AUSA Chris Graveline; "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule"; New York Times (June 11, 2014) 63 years since he first appeared on-screen (an uncredited role in Jack Arnold's 1955 Revenge of the Creature), The Mule …
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I never understood how people disagree with giving a movie either 10 or only 1 star here. Either it does it's job or it doesn't. The Mule is the kind of movie that my dad, rest his soul, would beg me to see in the theater with him, and then rave about after. A lonely old man that breaks a few laws in order to provide for his family and, in the process, gets himself into trouble with some bad guys. And it's all done …
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74/100 A fictionalized biography of Leo Sharp, the oldest drug mule in history. When you think drugs, cartels, mules, etc., you think action crime thriller. This is not that. This is a very personal drama about a financially strapped elderly man (played with absolute mastery by Clint Eastwood) who discovers that all he has to do to make a lot of money was to drive packages around ...at least at first. Handled …
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Good enough Eastwood flick based on a true story A 90 years-old horticulturalist and war veteran (Clint Eastwood) inadvertently becomes a courier for a Mexican drug cartel. Will he continue to neglect his family? “The Mule” (2018) was directed by Eastwood and inspired by the real-life Leo Sharp. There are similarities to “Gran Torino” (2008), but not as much action. Long stretches naturally involve Earl Stone …
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Clint Eastwood takes on the character of "Earl Stone", an elderly gent who takes great pride in his award winning flowers but one who is broke; facing the loss of his home and his business. He has to earn some cash, so takes on a job as a delivery driver. He's a Korean War vet, so whilst never quite sure what he is "delivering", he knows full well that the less police involvement with his antics, the better. Soon …
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Critics, per Wikipedia
The Mule grossed $103.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $69.8 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $173.6 million, against a production budget of $50 million. In the United States and Canada, The Mule was released alongside Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Mortal Engines, and was projected to gross $15–18 million from 2,588 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $5.9 million on its first day and $17.5 million over the weekend, finishing second at the box office and marking the third-best opening of Eastwood's acting career, after Gran Torino and Space Cowboys. It made $9.5 million in its second weekend, finishing fifth, and then $4.9 million on…
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60 of 60 · most liked firstI spent three years getting everyone at Fox to watch THE STATION AGENT so they'd hire this guy named Peter DInklage for the Mule in the FOUNDATION movie I was doing with Shekhar Kapur. Jesus I'm old. And getting, I think, very tired.
unlabelledView post →Ahead of Foundation season three, Pilou Asbæk's take on The Mule draws from a source you might not expect...oh, and he's got some movie recommendations too: #Foundation reactormag.com/foundation-p...
unlabelledView post →Reminded of "The Mule," the Clint Eastwood movie in which he has multiple threesomes despite being 90 years old.
unlabelledView post →Make our day and check out our latest on the directorial B-Sides of Clint Eastwood! @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social returns to chat about BREEZY, THE MULE, and more as we discuss Clint the filmmaker's self-interrogation of Clint the movie star: bit.ly/4mBhQba
unlabelledView post →Gran Torino. Old racist befriends some Hmong family and gets his gun out. Amazing movie. The Mule was also good!
unlabelledView post →For folks who are disappointed by the Dune movie release delay... The new season of the Foundation TV series introduced a character, The Mule, who is widely understood to be the inspiration for Dune's Paul Atreides
unlabelledView post →The Mule reveal was always going to suck as a reveal, so make it a spy thriller/conspiracy movie.
unlabelledView post →Not to mention in the Clint Eastwood movie "The Mule."
unlabelledView post →If Trump ever sees the movie “The Mule” will he starting bombing pickup trucks driven by old white men?
unlabelledView post →review of "Foundation", season 3, final episode Show should end: What they did to the villain stretches plausibllity beyond its breaking point, in a show based on implausibilities. Why was he called The Mule? Loose end. Plus "plot armor" fails. #HateTheTwist #JumpedTheShark #StarDreck #filmsky
unlabelledView post →This month’s Movie Reviews Special is all about Clint Eastwood and includes reviews for: 📺 Where Eagles Dare 📺 Escape From Alcatraz 📀 Pale Rider 📺 Unforgiven 📺 Gran Torino 📺 The Mule #Movies #Films #MovieReviews2025 #ClintEastwood #ClintEastwood95
unlabelledView post →Film-wise: at 7.10, The Old Man & The Gun on Film4. At 8pm, Jurassic Park: The Lost World on ITV4 or Will Penny on Great Action. At 9pm, Scarface on Film4 or Flashdance on ITVBe. At 10.40, The Mule on BBC1. At 11pm, Relic on BBC2 or The Negotiator on Legend. At 12.25am, Amores Perros on Film4 #telly
unlabelledView post →I read this as a reference to the Clint Eastwood movie “The Mule” (2018). Older guy becomes a drug runner.
unlabelledView post →3. The Mule (2018) lwlies.com/reviews/the-...
unlabelledView post →Hey, if you need a threesome fix, check out THE MULE, a film that requires such a titanic suspension of disbelief as to have you imagine 90 year-old Clint Eastwood could participate in TWO threesomes in the same movie
unlabelledView post →Don’t let Trump or Hegseth see the movie “The Mule” They’ll start bombing pickup trucks on the interstates.
unlabelledView post →Clint Eastwood movie "The Mule" answers this question. Seniors transport MORE ILLEGAL drugs and GUNS compared to any other generation. No young man named after "the prophet " would cross the border with drugs or guns!!! LOL #polqc #cdnpoli
unlabelledView post →This month’s Movie Reviews Special is all about Clint Eastwood and includes reviews for: 📺 Where Eagles Dare 📺 Escape From Alcatraz 📀 Pale Rider 📺 Unforgiven 📺 Gran Torino 📺 The Mule #Movies #Films #MovieReviews2025 #ClintEastwood #ClintEastwood95
unlabelledView post →Film 254 for '25 ▶️ A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel: #NowWatching "The Mule" (2018) #Film #iPlayer
unlabelledView post →Stumbled across this movie yrs ago trying to find Clint Eastwoods The Mule and loved it 😅🤣😂🤣
unlabelledView post →Live Tonight Robert LaSardo of Clint Eastwood's The Mule, Human Centipede 3 and tons more talking his new film American Trash! youtube.com/live/Ts6wbFO... In the second hour our good friends A.J. Cutler and Bill Weeden of The Once and Future Smash return to talk Our Man Funk filming this Spring!
unlabelledView post →I thought The Mule was pretty damn good and Cry Macho had it's moments(apparently Eastwood was planning to do that film as far back as 1988 but felt the character was too old for him at the time)also liked American Sniper flawed as it was(hello obviously fake baby LOL).
unlabelledView post →Correct, even the mid level stuff is still movies for grownups. THE MULE and CRY MACHO are a good example. A solid 6 or 7 but at least it’s a movie!
unlabelledView post →@markhughes Thanks for recommending #TheMule. I did start watching, it looked gloomy and on that day I wasn't ready for gloomy so I indulged my mental laziness & stopped. I will go back now and watch it. #ClintEastwood just can't act badly, can he? He was already good in the #Rawhide TV series, some 60 years before The Mule. Uniquely present in each film stage, though I'll pass over the ugly Dirty Harry phase. The late Clint is in a league of his own. "#Unforgiven" is so deep and so good.
unlabelledView post →One more thing. Pete Davidson and John Mulaney had a *great* review of the film they shared during a Weekend Update segment on SNL years ago (see below). As unbelievable as The Mule is, it was apparently based on a true story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5TE... 2/2
unlabelledView post →Movie Review Haiku # 86 The Mule Clint Eastwood’s swan song? Well, as an actor at least? It’s a weird, weird, film. Grade: C 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Qk... #ClintEastwood #MovieReviewHaiku #Blueskyfilm #📽️ Film
unlabelledView post →its box office flop by a MUCH better December 2018 movies, Aquaman, The Mule, Mary Poppins Returns, Bumblebee and the oh-so famous animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. And you love stupid movies like Mortal Engines. I hope I will watch to see how bad it is and tore your
unlabelledView post →The Mule (2014) Directed by Tony Mahony https://onesheet.org/movie/the-mule-2014/
unlabelledView post →The (movie) The Mule 4K (iTunes)(DE) €3.99 (Crime) (iMDB) 7.2 Cast: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest, Ignacio Serricchio
unlabelledView post →#OnThisDayInHistory Some of the most brutal and bloody combat of the American Civil War took place at the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania Courthouse. That Should Be A Movie about the common Confederate soldiers based on Carrying The Flag by Gordon C. Rhea thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...
unlabelledView post →I agree - all that Deep Space 9 meets Dune meets CGI Intern - blech. Went back to read the trilogy again: The Mule is with us. Remember how bad that first Dune movie was? This is that.
unlabelledView post →Movie Pyramid - 03/07/2026: 10/10 Correct Score: 1186 (top 12%) 🟩 🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.moviepyramid.io Eh, okay Movie Snake - 03/07/2026: 9/9 Correct Score: 1276 (top 7%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.moviesnake.io Man, if I'd remembered The Mule…
unlabelledView post →The (movie) The Mule (4K) (HD/HDX) (Vudu) (US) for $5 Cast: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest, Ignacio Serricchio Genre: (Crime) (Movies Anywhere) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_mule_2...
unlabelledView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheMule #ClintEastwood Clint Eastwood’s Sleeper Hit True Crime Drama Is Taking Streaming by Storm http://dlvr.it/TQ0SV6
unlabelledView post →74/100 A fictionalized biography of Leo Sharp, the oldest drug mule in history. When you think drugs, cartels, mules, etc., you think action crime thriller. This is not that. This is a very personal drama about a financially strapped elderly man (played with absolute mastery by Clint Eastwood) who discovers that all he has to do to make a lot of money was to drive packages around ...at least at first. Handled extraordinarily well with some excellent performances, the portrayals are deep and…
positive · AI labelView post →I remember someone laughing that "The Mule" is directed and starred by him, well into his, I believe, 80s, and he has multiple threesomes in that movie.
unlabelledView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #ClintEastwood #TheMule #GranTorino Clint Eastwood’s Sleeper Hit Follow-Up to ‘Gran Torino’ Is Climbing Up the Global Streaming Charts http://dlvr.it/TNB0Bf
unlabelledView post →Sometimes rewatching a movie is a great choice. Saw two yesterday (on an airplane) Motherless Brooklyn. The Mule. BTW My profile on Letterboxd boxd.it/7jXOB
unlabelledView post →Why is The Mule considered a good movie? I'm bored out of my mind and hate all the characters. Most likable character is in the cartel and has 15 min of screen time.
unlabelledView post →For all you Netflix subscribers, “The Mule” is an outstanding movie. Last day to watch is August 31st.
unlabelledView post →The Mule (Clint Eastwood, 2018; WB) - 8/10 Another very solid Clint Eastwood film, this was very charming
unlabelledView post →(I had to explain to young folks working in a movie theater that the old guy in The Mule was once Dirty Harry. -E)
unlabelledView post →#OnThisDayInHistory Some of the most brutal and bloody combat of the American Civil War occurred in the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania Court House. That Should Be A Movie about the common Confederate soldiers based on Carrying The Flag by Gordon C. Rhea thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...
unlabelledView post →“The pizza, I do. Beer, not so much. My Papa nearly slapped the can outta my hands when I had one.” She pulls out her phone and opens it up on a streaming app to show Yelena. “I suggest watching the movie The Mule. Clint Eastwood.”
unlabelledView post →Clint Eastwood’s 2018 movie “The Mule”, is unintentionally hilarious. I couldn’t believe how bad it was. It should be on MST3K.
unlabelledView post →The Mule (2018) The screenplay is brilliantly written and packed with depth, exploring themes of age, culture, race, and gender biases in both serious and humorous ways. Eastwood delivers his role to perfection. 10/10, @letterboxd.social review below. #clinteastwood #bradleycooper boxd.it/95BsDB
unlabelledView post →So much of Clint's later stuff is overlooked but it's all great, just some excellent contemporary film-making by one of the most interesting figures in cinema period. The Mule is brilliant yet overlooked, J.Edgar is one of the very best films of the century; give Clint his flowers!!
unlabelledView post →We're not living through any dystopian novel or movie We're living through The Foundation Trilogy with Trumpmusk as the Mule
unlabelledView post →Eastwood is such a perfect example of this. The man is 90,000 years old. Eastwood is gonna Eastwood. There is no way that you’re ever gonna stop him from benefiting from anything anymore. It’s too late. Is THE MULE a movie riddled w stereotypes? Yes! Is he brilliant in it? Hell fucking yes
unlabelledView post →He's definitely gotten sloppier as he's gotten older. First movie I recall thinking this about was Gran Torino. The 15:17 to Paris and The Mule are also big offenders. I'm less convinced if the argument is that he's always been that way But the one takes he's famous for don't always serve him
unlabelledView post →【The Mule】 Scene changes are rather hectic. However, other than the most important parts of this movie, it leaves a bland impression, which is a bit of a waste. It's a shame that I think it would have been better to focus on more highlights.
unlabelledView post →【The Mule】 Considering only the subject matter This movie can even feel like it has flashy content, including action scenes where danger is imminent. That's not the case at all. Of course, the content is quite amazing. Just proceed slowly It mysteriously draws the viewer in.
unlabelledView post →My intuition has been sharp lately. That's because all the movies I've chosen have good titles. This movie, "The Mule'' is one of them. It was a really great title.
unlabelledView post →Toilet cleaner and broccoli picker are a bit too close together…. TV engineer would be good, ever seen The Mule? Australian film.
unlabelledView post →Good enough Eastwood flick based on a true story A 90 years-old horticulturalist and war veteran (Clint Eastwood) inadvertently becomes a courier for a Mexican drug cartel. Will he continue to neglect his family? “The Mule” (2018) was directed by Eastwood and inspired by the real-life Leo Sharp. There are similarities to “Gran Torino” (2008), but not as much action. Long stretches naturally involve Earl Stone (Eastwood) driving the highways of America. But things perk up in the second half and…
positive · AI labelView post →I never understood how people disagree with giving a movie either 10 or only 1 star here. Either it does it's job or it doesn't. The Mule is the kind of movie that my dad, rest his soul, would beg me to see in the theater with him, and then rave about after. A lonely old man that breaks a few laws in order to provide for his family and, in the process, gets himself into trouble with some bad guys. And it's all done without over-the-top action and special effects, making for a film that is…
positive · AI labelView post →Clint Eastwood takes on the character of "Earl Stone", an elderly gent who takes great pride in his award winning flowers but one who is broke; facing the loss of his home and his business. He has to earn some cash, so takes on a job as a delivery driver. He's a Korean War vet, so whilst never quite sure what he is "delivering", he knows full well that the less police involvement with his antics, the better. Soon his success snowballs and he gets himself an unwanted minder. As his money worries…
positive · AI labelView post →This be good. I enjoyed 'The Mule'. It's an entertaining and well paced flick from 2018, as Clint Eastwood fully stars in a film for the first time since 2012's 'Trouble with the Curve' - and first also as director since 2008's 'Gran Torino'. The 1930-born actor still has it! There's a good cast behind Eastwood, with performances given by the likes of Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne and Michael Peña - all of whom have worked with Clint before. Neat to see Hector himself, Noel Gugliemi,…
positive · AI labelView post →I wonder if Clint Eastwood is one of the few directors who could have gotten this movie made. It took me a while to get around to watching it, partly due to some of the negative buzz I heard out there in the Interworld. I suspect I liked this movie for the same reason a lot of the bad buzzy folks hated it. How many respected directors have the star power to get a movie made that, even with a violent Mexican drug cartel involved in the plot, turns out to be a thoughtful, mostly gentle character…
positive · AI labelView post →Laconic, measured and easy to digest, although it could have done with more substance > How many addicts are out on the street simply because Mr. Sharp brought the cocaine here? - Sam Dolnick quoting AUSA Chris Graveline; "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule"; New York Times (June 11, 2014) 63 years since he first appeared on-screen (an uncredited role in Jack Arnold's 1955 Revenge of the Creature), The Mule is 88-year-old Clint Eastwood's first acting role since Robert Lorenz's Trouble…
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