Wow, what a great show! Eastwood's just getting better!

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2006)

I personally am not a huge fan of boxing movies or any other films falling into that kind of category. However, I have to say that Million Dollar Baby, with the legendary Clint Eastwood as lead actor and more importantly, as director, made this movie into a masterpiece. It just works wonderfully on every level necessary to make a great movie. Along with Clint, we have Hilary Swank and the also well-known Morgan Freeman, who won on Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in this movie.
Million Dollar Baby is a great movie with tremendous good boxing action and later on, heart-breaking drama that will bring tears to your eyes. The bond between the two main characters and what eventually happens to one of them just rips anybody's soul apart. And I just love how Morgan Freeman is playing an in-the-background, but equally important character. He definitely deserved the Oscar he won.
And Clint deserved what he got as well. Just like he had done with his hit Western "Unforgiven", he made a great movie out of this by directing and playing the lead role in this. He did a great job as a cantankerous and rough boxing trainer who eventually realizes that he can have a heart.