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Review: Clint Eastwood's deeply personal 'The Mule' considers what's important in life

Acting in a movie at 88 is not out of the question, and neither is directing one. But both directing yourself and acting in a major studio release at that advanced age is next door to unheard of. Until Clint Eastwood decided to give it a try.

In "The Mule" Eastwood plays a character based on a man roughly his age, a real-life drug mule named Leo Sharp whose exploits defy belief.

Called "a one man cocaine fountain" by Sam Dolnick in the New York Times feature the film is based

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