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The Mule
2018
· Movie
· 116 min
C
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2327
- IMDb #2171
- Google retired #1722
- Rotten Tomatoes #2609
- Metacritic #2522
- Letterboxd #2725
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2791
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2847
- Metacritic Critics #2619
- Metacritic Audience #2299
- Douban #709
- Kinopoisk #1747
- AlloCiné #615
- Trakt #1748
Every rating
47–86
out of 100
A broke and alone elderly horticulturist who has prioritized work over family for decades stumbles into a unique job opportunity. He becomes a drug courier for a Mexican cartel, using his spotless driving record and inconspicuous appearance to transport massive quantities of narcotics across the country. The money and the thrill give him a new lease on life, but a determined DEA agent is closing in, forcing him to confront the dangerous world he has entered.
Details
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writer
- Nick Schenk
- Released
- 14 December 2018
- Country
- Canada, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $50.0M
- Box office
- $174.8M
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