Haggis and Eastwood= Perfection

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2005)

Million Dollar Baby is the kind of film that evokes the deepest of your emotions. Clint (once again) plays a hard ass, who is showing his age and experiences in his face and voice. His sidekick, a semi-blind intellectual played by Morgan Freeman also shines.
The film is one where although based on stories (collection of boxing stories), it is better that it isn't a firm solid true story, because you would never wish the pain the actors show on any human being. It also enhances the way you believe, instead of accepting it b/c it is true, you believe b/c it captures you with its downtrodden, and dirt poor, almost loser (by societal views) characters. It takes you on the ride from the voice of Freeman's character (he narrates). It shows how Clint comes to care and love this woman who he at first neglected. You feel for what has happened and does happen to them all the way through the film. To be honest I almost cried and had to hold back the tears when Swank talked of her impending doom.
This, in nearly every way, outdoes Martin's THE AVIATOR and all other Best Picture nods. Way to go Clint and Haggis.
The second true 10/10 film. (first being Pulp Ficiton)