It was released on digital formats on November 5, 2021, with a physical release on Blu-ray and DVD in addition to a manufacture-on-demand 4K Blu-ray from the Studio Distribution Services on December 7, 2021. [48] Reception [ edit ] Audience viewership [ edit ] Goldfarb, Myra Yellin (April 20, 1991). "Royalties Still Pouring In For Rainmaker Author". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020 . Retrieved November 14, 2020. Szalai, Georg (September 21, 2021). "Tokyo Film Fest to Open With Clint Eastwood's Cry Macho, Close With Dear Evan Hansen". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021 . Retrieved September 22, 2021. Kenny, Glenn (September 15, 2021). " Cry Macho". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021 . Retrieved September 16, 2021.

Eastwood has made violent films, arty films, heartwarming films and a handful of dimwit comedies. He has made films that are thrilling from the opening credits (Pale Rider, Gran Torino, Mystic River, Unforgiven, The Outlaw Josey Wales) and films that are dead on arrival ( Jersey Boys, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil). He has made films that are weird (The Beguiled, High Plains Drifter, Changeling), films that are creepy (The Gauntlet, Play Misty for Me, J Edgar), films that are politically incorrect (Dirty Harry, Tightrope, Gran Torino) and even a few films that are charming (The Bridges of Madison County, A Perfect Life, Invictus, Hereafter). He has made a couple of movies that are just plain stupid (the bookend movies Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can, co-starring an orangutan, and the inane Kelly’s Heroes), but he hasn’t made a stupid movie in a long, long time. He has taken good books (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Flags of Our Fathers) and turned them into not-so-good movies, and he has taken treacly, idiotic books (The Bridges of Madison County) and turned them into something wonderful. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Lowry, Brian (September 16, 2021). " Cry Macho is a weak addition to Clint Eastwood's 50-year filmography". CNN. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021 . Retrieved September 16, 2021. Brody, Richard (September 16, 2021). " Cry Macho, Reviewed: Clint Eastwood's Rueful Tale of a Boy and a Bird". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021 . Retrieved September 16, 2021.Cry Macho was theatrically released in the United States on September17, 2021, by Warner Bros. Pictures with a simultaneous release on the HBO Max streaming service for 31 days. The film was originally set to premiere on October22, [44] but was pushed forward as a result of a release date shuffle with Dune and The Many Saints of Newark. [45] The film opened the 2021 Tokyo International Film Festival on October 30, 2021. [46] [47] Home media [ edit ] Vespe, Eric (September 10, 2021). "This Cry Macho Featurette Is All About Some Guy Named Clint Eastwood, Ever Hear Of Him?". /Film. Archived from the original on September 12, 2021 . Retrieved September 12, 2021. Eastwood, with whom the public has had a love affair for the 59 years since he debuted as high chaparral stud muffin Rowdy Yates in the TV series Rawhide, has probably had the most amazing career in motion picture history. There are bigger stars and there are better directors, and there are other stars who have become accomplished film-makers, but none of them can touch Eastwood for the breadth and quality of his work, for his success at the box office, and for his ability to never go out of fashion. Kit, Borys (December 17, 2020). " Narcos: Mexico Star Fernanda Urrejola Joins Clint Eastwood's Cry Macho (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020 . Retrieved December 17, 2020. The New Mexico Film Office Announces Cry Macho a Clint Eastwood Film Wraps Production in New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico State Film Office. March 2, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 2, 2021 . Retrieved March 4, 2021.

Slenk, Austin (March 23, 2021). "Clint Eastwood's Cry Macho Gets Combined Theatrical, HBO Max Release Date". Collider. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021 . Retrieved March 23, 2021. Other actors onboard to star at one point included Burt Lancaster and Pierce Brosnan. [9] [10] In 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger was given the option of starring in either a Westworld remake or a Cry Macho adaptation. [11] He chose the latter but put it on hold when he was elected governor of California. [12] [13] In 2011, he said his first movie after his time as governor would be Cry Macho, with Brad Furman at the helm and filming set to take place in New Mexico. [14] [15] However, the project, was canceled after Schwarzenegger's divorce with Maria Shriver, following the revelation that he had fathered a son a decade earlier with an employee in their household. [16] [17] Development [ edit ] Director, producer, and actor Clint EastwoodKelly, Kevin (December 17, 1978). "Unlike the movie, Sarava on stage a subtle, romantic fable". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p.137. Archived from the original on June 1, 2021 . Retrieved February 12, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Cieply, Michael (September 1, 2021). "The Truly Amazing Al Ruddy Delivers Cry Macho After All These Years". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 3, 2021 . Retrieved September 16, 2021. Larson, John (November 5, 2020). "Movie to be filmed in Socorro County; extras needed". El Defensor Chieftain. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020 . Retrieved November 5, 2020. Eastwood is one of the few directors who got better as he entered his twilight years (he is now 87). In fact, he got a lot better. Most directors are playing out the string by the time they come to the end of the line, but this is not the case for him. Gran Torino, from 2008, was timely and oddly moving; last year’s Sully was a miracle of economical film-making; 2003’s Mystic River was dark and gripping; American Sniper, from 2015, was harsh and disturbing; and 2009’s Invictus was inspiring. Hereafter – his 2011 film about psychics in love – was a surprise that came out of nowhere. Overhultz, Lauryn (September 9, 2021). "Clint Eastwood receives star-studded tribute ahead of latest film Cry Macho: A 'national icon' ". Fox News. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021 . Retrieved September 9, 2021.

At a very early point in his career, Eastwood decided he was going to make his own films, blasting off with Play Misty for Me. It would introduce several of Eastwood’s trademark themes – men are spectacularly shallow and mostly want women for sex; cops are idiots; when in doubt, take the law into your own hands. From here on, the classic Eastwood action film, whether it was Dirty Harry or Pale Rider or Sudden Impact or Unforgiven would be animated by a simple principle: there are bad people out there and eventually I’m going to kill them. Just don’t rush me. Though Eastwood is probably best known as the Man With No Name – the mysterious loner with the poncho and the cigarillo – he did not make all that many westerns, and none since Unforgiven in 1992. Unlike John Wayne, Randolph Scott and all the other great cowboys of yore, Eastwood has never made a bad western. Indeed, it was Eastwood, bringing to life Leone’s vision, who deposed Wayne and the other just-add-water cowpokes, by introducing an entirely new kind of hero. The Man With No Name materialised out of nowhere, with an uncertain pedigree and undefined motivation. He embodied the ethos of the 1960s: I just want to be left alone to do my own thing, even if it means killing off half the population of Arizona.Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav criticized the studio's decision to finance the film. Warner executives allegedly said that although they knew the film was unlikely to turn a profit, they felt indebted to Eastwood for his decades-long relationship with the studio and his consistent ability to deliver films under budget and on time. [31] Marketing [ edit ] Goldsmith, Jill (September 19, 2021). " Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Blue Bayou Show Arthouse Resurgence Remains Elusive – Specialty Box Office". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021 . Retrieved September 19, 2021.