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Million Dollar Baby (2004)


 
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Monday, June 27, 2005

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Released a little over a year after the grand success of his Oscar-winning feature 'Mystic River', Clint Eastwood returns to the director's chair for 'Million Dollar Baby'. Eastwood also stars, in the role of Frankie Dunn, a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager who spends the twilight years of his life running a small, dilapidated gym in downtown Los Angeles. Frankie's previous career was blighted by an injury to one of his prize fighters, Scrap (Morgan Freeman), who lost the sight in his right eye during a particularly brutal bout; Scrap now wiles away the hours working as a cleaner in Frankie's gym. Wary of similar occurrences being inflicted on the prestigious young talent that passes before him, Frankie lets a succession of great boxers slip through his fingers. But when the brash, confident young boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) strides into the gym, Frankie's life is irretrievably altered. Initially refusing to train Maggie due to her gender and age, Frankie relents when faced with her tenacity, spirit, and burning ambition. The combination of Maggie's talent and Frankie's tutelage paves the way for the adroit fighter to rise steadily through the ranks of women's boxing, with the unlikely coupling forming a genuinely touching bond in the process. Clint Eastwood has crafted a boxing film fit to stand alongside classics such as 'Raging Bull' and 'Rocky'. The scenes between Eastwood and Freeman are a delight to watch, with the two old hands pulling off masterfully understated performances as a couple of men teetering on the brink of failure. Like
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4 out of 10 Millon Dollar Baby
Brian from Mayo, 19 Dec 2007
Clint Eastwood takes the tired boxing genre and gives it his own twist in this gripping drama. The plot moves along somewhat expected lines (albeit in a superior fashion) until about 30 mins from the end. The twist and its payoff is heart wrenching and brings a real depth to the film. I'm not a major fan of Hilary Swank, but this won her a second Oscar, and she is convincing as the wannabe boxer. Clint himself is excellent, as is Morgan Freeman in the narrator's role.
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5 out of 10 MILLION DOLLAR BABY
MICHÉAL from Monaghan, 05 Sep 2007
CLINT EASTWOOD ONCE AGAIN EXCELLS AS DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF THIS EXCELLENT FILM .EVERY THING ABOUT THIS FILM IS WELL WORTH SEEING AND THE SOUND TRACK IS BRILLIANT WITH HIS SON KYLE PLAYING MOST OF THE PIECES COMPOSED BY CLINT EASTWOOD HIMSELF.HILARY SWANK IS A STAR AS BOXER MA CHUSHLA .RENT THIS FILM
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4 out of 10 Excellent
Dean & Steffi from Meath, 26 Mar 2008
Great film but the saying it's a sad one gives the game away a tad! LMAO! But the attention to detail is fantastic and yer wan looks well fit! Nicely made and the dialogue between Eastwood and Freeman is pure class. Worth a watch indeed.
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4.5 out of 10 excellent
seamus from Dublin, 21 Jun 2007
really enjoyed this. i was a bit apprehensive when i heard the storyline. was expecting a kind of rocky meets league of their own. but i was very surprised. i should have know better than to doubt Clint. good story and great cast
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4 out of 10 Not to be missed
Andrew from Tipperary, 07 Apr 2011
This was on my 'must catch up on' list for ages, and I'm glad I did. The three leads are terrific, and the unusual story really does pull you in. Totally convincing and heartbreaking: first-class storytelling.
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