This Western Comedy-Drama With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes Shows Clint Eastwood Like Never Before

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He has been referred to as "The Man with No Name" because of his roles in classic westerns likeA Fist Full of Dollars, The Outlaw JoseyWhales, and High Plains Drifter. But in 1982, Clint Eastwood directed a western of a different kind that scored 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. Alongside his son, Kyle Eastwood (not Scott Eastwood, his other offspring who starred in Suicide Squad and The Fate of the Furious), Clint transformed his grim and vengeful persona, often displayed as the vindictive gunslinger, into that of a troubled but hopeful country musician seeking to fulfill his dream. That somewhat forgotten film was Honkytonk Man.

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