This one will stay with you for days..

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2005)

What I loved: Maggie was truly a diamond found in a mountain of broken glass. She was sweet, tough, cute, and passionate. The boxing scenes were realistic and nothing was glorified. Everyone seemed down to earth. What a great feeling! What I didn't like: The last 45 minutes could have been reduced down to 20 minutes and the other 25 minutes could have been made up with showing more of her training. We didn't see enough of Clint teaching her everything he knows. The bonding and father/daughter relationship doesn't necessarily develop from her knocking everyone out, but would grow through the countless days of training to become that champ.
Also, Maggie won that fight. Blue Bear would have been DQed, but that was never addressed. I wanted to see Magie's belt hanging over her bed. And I guess her money ended up going to her family since that wasn't addressed either. Lastly, in the very end he told her that her nickname meant "My Darling, My Blood." That was really sweet and tender, but why didn't he tell her that he loved her? As Maggie said, "no one told me that they loved me since my daddy." I thought that was a little foreshadowing, but I was wrong.
The movie went from Feel Good to Feel Bad movie of the year and that was tough to deal with. However, this is the grim reality of life, whether we like it or not, we must face it. Maggie got her shot, thats all that mattered in the end..