o ver ra ted !!!

Rating: 1/10 (28 March 2006)

the first hour or so was a beautiful relational study centered around boxing... as advertised.
the last hour was manipulative drivel.
if mr. eastwood is pondering how he will leave this earth after a successful career that is his business. but don't expect everyone to sit back and say suicide and euthanasia is OK. i enjoyed the scenes at the gym i enjoyed the performances of swank and freeman and eastwood i even started to care about the characters as well as the sport of boxing (which i normally don't enjoy) then they ruined a potentially good film with the twist at the end
they should have 'pulled the plug' on this movie at the half-way mark