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Cry Macho (2021) Best Movie Quotes

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Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Dwight Yoakam, Fernanda Urrejola, Horacio Garcia Rojas

OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆

Story:

Drama directed by Clint Eastwood. Cry Macho (2021) follows former rodeo star Mike Milo (Clint Eastwood), who takes a job from his ex-boss, Howard Polk (Dwight Yoakam), to bring his young son, Rafael “Rafo” Polk (Eduardo Minett) home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair face an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary Milo finds unexpected connections and his own sense of redemption.

 

Our Favorite Quotes:

'It's like anything else in life. You think you got all the answers. Then you realize, as you get old, that you don't have any of them. By the time you figure it out, it's too late.' - Mike Milo (Cry Macho) Click To Tweet

 

Best Quotes


 

Howard Polk: You’re late.
Mike Milo: For what?


 

Howard Polk: Back when we had winners, I was afraid to lose you to the competition. Five times you won the All-American Futurity, and every goddamn time I thought, “Oh, I won’t be able to keep Mike. Somebody’s going to grab him.” But that was a long time ago, wasn’t it? Yeah. That was before the accident. Before the pills. Before the booze.


 

Howard Polk: I’m not afraid of losing you to anybody now. You’re a loss to no one. It’s time for new blood.
Mike Milo: Yeah, I can see that.
Howard Polk: And you know what you’re late for?
Mike Milo: What?
Howard Polk: Clearing out your locker. Why don’t you do that on the way out? You going to say anything?
Mike Milo: No. I was just going to say, Howard, I’ve always thought of you as a small, weak, and gutless man. But, you know, there’s no reason to be rude.


 

Howard Polk: So you don’t lock your doors?
Mike Milo: Ain’t got nothing worth stealing.


 

Howard Polk: You look awful.
Howard Polk: Well, you’ve looked horrible longer, so I guess you win.


 

Mike Milo: [referring to Rafo] You want me to go down there and kidnap him? Bring him out of there?
Howard Polk: It’s not kidnapping if he’s your kid.
Mike Milo: It isn’t my kid, so I don’t think he’ll go with me in the first place.
Howard Polk: Yes, he would. He’ll listen to you, Mike. I know he will. He’ll know the minute he sees you, you’re a real cowboy. He’ll listen to you.


 

Howard Polk: You know what? You owe me, Mike. I was standing here, looking at all this, thinking about making the payments on this place for you. About helping you not lose it after you lost her and the boy. You know how many people told me to stop doing that? To just cut you loose. I said, “No. You know what? I owe Mike that much.” But I think you owe me a little bit, and you gave me your word. And that used to mean something, Mike.
Mike Milo: Yeah, I owe you.


 

Mike Milo: [as he arrives at Leta’s place] Why the hell would a kid ever want to leave this place?


 

Mike Milo: Usually when a woman laughs like that, a man’s fly is open.
Leta: That’s the only thing that’s not on the table.


 

Leta: [to Mike] You think you’re the first my ex-husband sent? The first one is in jail. Beastly man with no manners. The second was more amiable. Couldn’t find Rafo and left.


 

Leta: Tell me, cowboy, why does his father really want him now? He has no real love for the boy.
Mike Milo: Well, maybe he’s trying to change all that.


 

Leta: He’s like his father. He runs away. He hates his father. He hates me. So go home, Mr. Mike. Go home.
Mike Milo: When did you give up?
Leta: No matter what people say, some aren’t cut out to be parents.


 

Rafo: Touch me and I’ll kick your a**, old man.
Mike Milo: What the hell you talking about?


 

Rafo: You are a cowboy? A ranch hand?
Mike Milo: Yeah. That’s right. I’ve done a little of that.


 

Rafo: My father hasn’t seen me for years. Why does he want to see me now?
Mike Milo: Well, he wants to see you, that’s all. He misses you.
Rafo: You are full of s**t. My father doesn’t want me.


 

Rafo: When I was little, my father said he would give me a special horse. He never did. He’s a liar.
Mike Milo: Just a little late, that’s all. That doesn’t mean he’s a liar.


 

Rafo: Maybe I’ll go. Just for a while.
Mike Milo: Yeah. Good. Good, I think so.
Rafo: If I don’t like it, I will say, “To hell with him,” and come back.
Mike Milo: Yeah, that’s right. If you don’t like it, to hell with it.


 

Leta: And where is he?
Mike Milo: He said he was going to go out and get his stuff.
Leta: [in English and Spanish] You poor fool. He lied to you.

 

'Look where you're going, and go where you're looking.' - Mike Milo (Cry Macho) Click To Tweet

 

Mike Milo: Look, the only place you’re going to go is the hospital. Now give me the goddamn wallet.
Rafo: You get too angry. It’s not good for you at your age.
Mike Milo: Give me the wallet now!
Rafo: [tries to hit Mike] Eat s**t.
Mike Milo: What are you talking about, “Eat s**t?”


 

Rafo: [to Mike] You’re pretty quick for old man.


 

Mike Milo: I want you to take this chicken, tie his leg back down there, so it doesn’t, I don’t want him crapping on the upholstery here.
Rafo: No.
Mike Milo: What do you mean, “no”?
Rafo: No. And he’s not a chicken. His name is Macho.
Mike Milo: I don’t care if his name is Colonel Sanders. Just get his a** back there.


 

Rafo: [referring to his rooster] He’s Macho. You know what it means, “macho”? It means strong.


 

Rafo: If Macho sits with us, when he fights, I’ll give you half of the money.
Mike Milo: The day Macho sits up here, is the day I barbecue his a**.
Rafo: It’s not good for his spirit.
Mike Milo: Well, I’m really worried about that.
Rafo: But he’s strong now.


 

Rafo: He killed a very big rooster. From that time, he’s Macho. A champion.
Mike Milo: That’s the most exciting thing I’ve ever heard.


 

Rafo: You’re a veterinario?
Mike Milo: No. No, veterinario. I’ve just loved animals all my life.


 

Rafo: Macho. His name is Macho.
Mike Milo: Whatever.
Rafo: What’s wrong with that?
Mike Milo: Nothing. Guy wants to name his cock “Macho”, it’s okay by me.
Rafo: He’s macho, like me. Very strong rooster.


 

Mike Milo: When we get up in the States, you touch a man’s vehicle, that doesn’t go over.
Rafo: Yeah. I’ll remember when we get to Texas.
Mike Milo: Especially in Texas. And you can watch all that “macho” crap up there too. Nobody likes that stuff.


 

Rafo: On the street, I trust no one. But it’s safer than at home. You can never trust no one.

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Mike Milo: [referring to the police] We go off, take this road here. All the way around, and we won’t have to deal with them.
Rafo: No good. It’s bump, bump, bump.
Mike Milo: Bit more like jail, jail, jail.


 

Rafo: I drink tequila once and I never got sick.
Mike Milo: Yeah, well, when you’re with your dad, up above the border, you can drink battery acid. But you’re not going to drink tequila with me.


 

Howard Polk: [over phone] I knew you’d find him. I knew I did the right thing sending you.
Mike Milo: Not like those other two guys you sent down here. Thanks a lot for that.


 

Rafo: Can I wear your hat?
Mike Milo: No.
Rafo: Why not?
Mike Milo: Because it’s a cowboy hat. And you’re not a cowboy.
Rafo: Anything a gringo cowboy can do with horses, a Mexicano can do better.
Mike Milo: Well, you’re in bad shape, then, because you’re half gringo.


 

Rafo: You think I’m a gringo?
Mike Milo: Yeah.
Rafo: Do you think I’m like my father? A coward? Who run away? You think I’m like my mom? Weak?
Mike Milo: I don’t know. I don’t know your mom. But your father…
Rafo: Then, who am I, Mike?


 

Mike Milo: I don’t know why you’re laughing. You Mexicans always laugh at us gringos because we get sick on your dirty water.
Rafo: It’s not the water that’s dirty. It’s you. We drink and we’re healthy. You drink it, and die in the toilet.
Mike Milo: Ah, don’t mention that.


 

Rafo: [after Mike’s car has been stolen] So, what now?
Mike Milo: We got to get ourselves some transportation.
Rafo: And clothes. And you should dress not like an American. So everybody doesn’t see gringo, gringo, gringo.


 

Rafo: [referring to Mike in his new clothes] Look, Macho. A gringo goes in, and a Mexicano comes out.


 

Rafo: [referring to the car he’s taken] I only lend it from somebody. In Mexico, we’re friendly people. You lend, I lend. We lend, everybody lends. What?
Mike Milo: Just, it’s not your car. And I’ll be driving it.


 

Mike Milo: [to Rafo] You’re kind of growing on me, kid.


 

Mike Milo: I’m going to take a little siesta here.
Rafo: Tired, eh? Old man needs a nap?
Mike Milo: You bet.


 

Rafo: [to Mike, referring to Marta] She says you don’t snore. She likes that.


 

Mike Milo: [referring to Marta] So you told her the truth. I thought you didn’t trust anyone.
Rafo: No.
Mike Milo: But you trust her?
Rafo: Yeah. For some reason, I guess, yes.


 

Mike Milo: What’s the Spanish word for “irony”?


 

Mike Milo: I’m going to go to sleep.
Rafo: What the hell do you think this is? We cannot sleep in the shrine of the Virgen Maria.
Mike Milo: Maria’s not going to worry about it. She’s fine. She won’t care.


 

Rafo: Even if you believe in God, and you’re not Catholic, they don’t believe in you.
Mike Milo: What, is he playing favorites, maybe, or something?
Rafo: Yeah. I don’t believe this s**t. “We’re all God’s children.” Do you?
Mike Milo: Well, we’re all somebody’s children, kid.


 

Mike Milo: My boy, and my wife were killed in an auto accident some years back.
Rafo: Sorry.
Mike Milo: Anyway, I wasn’t much good after that. I kind of went on a rampage. Too much drinking. Being crazy. But your dad, he saved my a**. He gave me work. He gave me my life back. I owe him a lot. And you’re the payback, kid. You’re the payback. I’m paying him back.


 

Mike Milo: Pretty hard to sell a horse that you can’t ride. Maybe we can do something about that.
Rafo: We? Who’s we?
Mike Milo: Yeah. You and me.
Rafo: I don’t even know how to ride. But I can do anything.
Mike Milo: Of course you can. Wouldn’t want to get up there in Texas and have people find out you don’t know how to ride.


 

Mike Milo: [as he’s teaching Rafo how to ride] Alright, son. You’re doing good. You’re doing great. May not be a disgrace in Texas after all.


 

Rafo: How do you know sign language?
Mike Milo: Just something you pick up along the way.


 

Mike Milo: [in sign language to Marta’s granddaughter] He thinks he’s Macho.
Rafo: What did you say?
Mike Milo: Wouldn’t you like to know?


 

Mike Milo: [to Rafo] Look where you’re going, and go where you’re looking.


 

Mike Milo: [over phone] You played me, you b****rd.
Howard Polk: I didn’t play you. What are you, eight years old, Mike?


 

Mike Milo: This kid would be better off without either one of you.
Howard Polk: Well, you know what? It doesn’t make a s**t what you think, Mike. I’m his father, and I actually want him back. This isn’t all about the money. Okay? The kid’s my son.


 

Rafo: [referring to Howard] He still wants me? He still wants me to come?
Mike Milo: Of course he does, kid. Why wouldn’t he?


 

Rafo: [referring to Marta] she says we can’t keep sleeping in the shrine of the Virgen Maria. It’s not a hotel.
Mike Milo: I know. I’m fighting a losing battle.


 

Marta: Cook?
Mike Milo: Yeah. Well, you’re always cooking all the time. I thought I would do it for you. And cowboys always cook. It’s kind of our deal.


 

Rafo: [refrring to Marta] I think she likes you.
Mike Milo: Just keep your big mouth shut.
Rafo: And I think you like her.


 

Mike Milo: The whole neighborhood’s coming down here. They must think I’m Dr. Dolittle or something.


 

Rafo: He said, help the dog, or his wife will be very angry. He said it’s not good when she’s angry.
Mike Milo: She’ll be angry?
Rafo: Not for you either.


 

Mike Milo: [referring to the dog] I don’t know how to cure old.
Rafo: I don’t know. But no way am I telling her that.


 

Rafo: If my father didn’t want me to come to Texas, I would stay here.
Mike Milo: Yeah.
Rafo: You could’ve stayed too. It’s good. The best place I’ve stayed in my life. Maybe even better than Texas.
Mike Milo: Could be, kid.
Rafo: But I want to be with my father. Have a new life in America. But what if it’s no good? What if my father change his mind when he meets me? Doesn’t want me?
Mike Milo: He wants you, kid. He wants you.


 

Rafo: [after finding out the reason why Howard wants him] I should have never trust you. Never trust anyone.
Mike Milo: I didn’t know at the time, that’s all.
Rafo: You’re a liar. And I hate you. I hate you. And I hope you die in jail!
Mike Milo: Jesus Christ, kid.


 

Mike Milo: You and I, we got to talk.
Rafo: I don’t want to talk to you.
Mike Milo: Yeah, well, you’re going to talk to me, whether you like it or not.
Rafo: I thought you were my friend. For the first time, I thought I had a friend. You’re nothing to me.


 

Mike Milo: Your father lied to both of us. So quit b**ching, huh?
Rafo: You’re both goddamn liars.


 

Mike Milo: Freedom’s just on the other side of this hill, kid. Let’s go.


 

Rafo: You used to be tough. Now you’re weak. You used to ride bulls, ride horses. You were something.
Mike Milo: I was something.
Rafo: You used to be strong. Macho. Now you’re nothing.
Mike Milo: Yeah. Well, I used to be a lot of things. But I’m not now. And I’ll tell you something. This macho thing is overrated. Works perfect for him, but it’s overrated. Just people trying to be macho to show that they’ve got grit. That’s about all they end up with.


 

Mike Milo: It’s just, it’s like anything else in life. You think you got all the answers. Then you realize, as you get old, that you don’t have any of them. By the time you figure it out, it’s too late.


 

Mike Milo: Your dad’s a good man. We all have to make choices in life, kid. You have to make yours. Where do you want to go?
Rafo: I made my choice, Mike. I want to go.


 

Rafo: So, what do you think about Macho now?
Mike Milo: I think a lot about him. I think he handled everything just beautifully back there.
Rafo: Yeah, he’s amazing.
Mike Milo: The real deal.


 

Rafo: Thank you, Mike.
Mike Milo: You’re welcome, kid. You take care of that chicken, huh?
Rafo: He’s not a chicken. He’s Macho. He’s yours now.
Mike Milo: You’re sure? It could be Saturday night barbecue, you never know. I’ll take care of him. And you take care, kid. You take care. You know where we are. If you need us.


 

Mike Milo: [to Macho as Rafo leaves] I hear you, loud and clear.
[he then turns back to Mexico to be with Marta]

 


 

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