absolutely stellar

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2005)

this movie is just excellent. i saw it for the second time today and can't find a single issue to complain about. this is arguably the best film that eastwood has directed, and i feel it's the best acting that he's done. you loose the clint that you know and love in the role, and that's a compliment. the direction is amazing - the lighting, the pacing, from the boxing scenes to all the other ones it's a knockout (no pun intended). hilary swank has proved that she's more than the next karate kid before, but she does it again here - and with a vengeance. morgan freeman is his usual superb self as well. there are a couple of chances for the film to fall into a normal Hollywood stereotype, and it resists them soundly. ######!!!!!!!!!!!!!SPOILER BELOW############!!!!!!!!!!!.
a friend said (as a comment, not a complaint) that it would have been nice to have the relationship between frankie and the daughter resolved, but i really think that would have cheapened the movie. it's spot on perfect as it is.
go watch this movie. again.