Clint Eastwood directing military men with no acting experience goes about as well as expected
Film Features Film Club
A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky are kicking off a new season of Film Club by discussing Clint Eastwood’s The 15:17 To Paris, the latest film in the director’s recent streak of biographical thrillers, following Sully and American Sniper. Like those films, 15:17 explores real-life instances of heroism, but falters due to awkward performances by the real men who foiled the terrorist plot (all three play themselves), plus a meandering plot that suggests a bad Richard Linklater imitation.