A good movie that has a heart, only with a couple clichés

Rating: 8/10 (24 August 2005)

Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby is a good film that has a lot of good performances especially Morgan Freeman's performance. It seems like in every movie he is great in. He is a terrific actor and he made this movie a plus. To me, he was better than all the actors in the movie, even Hilary Swank. The script was pretty good also and Paul Haggis is going to have a great future in his writing. The boxing scenes are quite intense and it makes you just want to get in the boxing ring and fight someone. That's what I like in intense movies. *Major spoiler ahead*. There are a few clichés though and I thought that the white trash girl who meets the old trainer and becomes great instantly, then gets hit and is paralyzed, but old trainer happens to pop up and kill her because she asked him too got a little to over the top and it just didn't get to me that great. I don't know but on some parts, it didn't quite get to me that good, like the ending. Overall, Million Dollar Baby was a good movie that had a big heart. Paul Haggis's screenplay is good, the score is good, and Morgan Freeman's narration is great to listen to. He brings a lot of great and enthusiastic dialogue in his narration. I could see why Million Dollar Baby got best picture. I recommend it.
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