Great Film

Rating: 9/10 (5 May 2013)

Maggie (played by Hilary Swank) takes us on an amazing journey as she tries to work her way up to becoming a professional women boxer in Million Dollar Baby. Frankie (played by Clint Eastwood) is a straight to the point out of date trainer, who Maggie only wants to have train her. The main focus of the film is watching Maggie as she develops into a professional boxer while also shedding light onto Frankie and his side story with his daughter. The viewers are drawn into and develop along side of these characters only to be setup for a brutal end. You become closer to Maggie as you see how everyone else in her family holds zero to no hope for her and only care about themselves. You become stronger as Maggie does as she shows a strong determination and drive even when people tell her she can't do it or it can't be done. As the film progresses you start to understand how Frankie became the way he has and understand why be starts to open up to Maggie and treats her like his own daughter and him as her father. This film has many ties back to Rocky as far as the boxing aspect of the film. You are pulling for the underdog and you are alongside them as they grow as a person, but that is where the ties end. Million Dollar Baby will find you heart strings and take you on an emotional journey one with many highs and lows and make you come out on the other side asking how I got here. Must see.