History Film / CryMacho

* AgeLift: Mike is 38 in the novel; in the film, he's played by a 90-year-old Clint Eastwood.

* CorruptCop: Mike and Rafo get pulled over by Federales who believe them to be drug smugglers. Rafo does tell them they’re going across the border to see his "sick" father while handing them a handful of pesos.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title is one to the {{Desconstrction}} of [[RatedMForManly manliness]] tropes… and for Macho "crying" in the morning.

* TheAlcoholic: Mike is mentioned to be an alcoholic in the trailer with the "before the booze" line.
* BeastlyBloodsports: Rafo participates in a cock fight in the trailer.
* CareerEndingInjury: A career-ending rodeo accident for Mike is mentioned in the trailer.
* CoolPet: In the trailer, Rafo brings his rooster he named "Macho" along on the trip.
* {{Cowboy}}: The trailer states that Mike is a former rodeo performer and horse breeder, and he sports a Stetson hat. The trailer is full of {{deconstruction}} of the traditional "[[RatedMForManly macho]]" image of cowboys and others meanwhile, with Mike's disillusioned lines about it all.

* NiceHat: Mike wears a grey Stetson in most of the trailer.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: From the trailer.

* RoadTripPlot: The trailer prominently features Mike and Rafo together on the roads in a car.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Mike's "Jesus Christ!" reaction when he first confronts a reluctant Rafo in the trailer.

Previews: [[https://youtu.be/JVc8SI5CAKw Trailer]].

The film is due to release both in theaters and on Creator/HBOMax same-day (for a one-month duration) September 17, 2021.

* CareerEndingInjury: A career-ending accident for Mike is mentioned in the trailer.

Mike Milo (Eastwood) is a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss (Music/DwightYoakam) to bring the man's young son, Rafael "Rafo" (Eduardo Minett) home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.

* BeastlyBloodsports: Rafo participates in a rooster fight in the trailer.

* {{Cowboy}}: The trailer states that Mike is a former rodeo performer and horse breeder, and he still sports a cowboy hat. The trailer is full of {{deconstruction}} of the traditional "[[RatedMForManly macho]]" image of cowboys and others meanwhile, with Mike's disillusioned lines about it all.

* {{Cowboy}}: The trailer states that Mike is a former rodeo performer and horse breeder, and he still sports a cowboy hat. The trailer is full of {{deconstruction}} of the traditional "[[RatedMForManly macho]]" image of cowboys and others meanwhile with Mike's disillusioned lines about it all.

* {{Cowboy}}: The trailer states that Mike is a former rodeo performer and horse breeder, and he still sports a cowboy hat. The trailer is full of {{deconstruction}} of the traditional "[[RatedMForManly macho]]" image of cowboys and others meanwhile.

Mike Milo (Eastwood) is a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss (Music/DwightYoakam) to bring the man's young son, Rafael "Rafo" (Eduardo Minett), home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.

->'''Mike:''' Howard, I've always thought of you as a small, weak and gutless man. But, you know, there's no reason to be rude.

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* BeastlyBloodsports: Rafo participates in a literal cock fight in the trailer.

[[caption-width-right:300:''"This 'macho' thing is overrated. Just people trying to show that they've got grit. That's about all they end up with. It's like anything else in life, you think you got all the answers. Then you realize, as you get older, you don't have any of them."'']]

[[caption-width-right:300:''"This 'macho' thing is oevrrated. Just people trying to show that they've got grit. That's about all they end up with. It's like anything else in life, you think you got all the answers. Then you realize, as you get older, you don't have any of them."'']]

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Mike Milo (Eastwood) is a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss (Music/DwightYoakam) to bring the man's young son, Rafael "Rafo" Polk (Eduardo Minett), home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.

Mike Milo (Eastwood) is a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son, Rafael "Rafo" Polk, home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.

''Cry Macho'' is a 2021 American [[NewOldWest neo-Western]] drama film [[DirectedByCastMember directed by and starring]] Creator/ClintEastwood.

''Cry Macho'' is a 2021 American neo-Western drama film [[DirectedByCastMember directed by and starring]] Creator/ClintEastwood.

Mike Milo (Eastwood) is a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.