As Depressing As It Gets

Rating: 1/10 (17 January 2005)

Sorry but life's tough enough without our cinema cranking out "entertainment" that leaves you depressed as you walk out of the theatre.
Solid enough film but every supporting character seemed like a one dimensional cartoon. From the bully boxer who finally beats up Danger to the cursing priest to the cheap shot boxing champion to her entire cruel hillbilly caricature family, they all seemed one dimensional and poorly presented.
Warner Brothers sets you up. They release this Million Dollar Baby in very limited theaters, just to make sure it is qualified for Oscar contention. They proudly boast that this picture has won numerous awards. It is a picture of noble merits, according to the marketing people.
So we go, we put up with standard boxing movie, that countless sport movies have portrayed over and over again. The kid with no talent who nobody wants blah, blah, blah. Then of course the kid succeeds. Oh yea, go team. Then the third act follows, the twist, the reason we are here, to follow the story to an ending held secret only by those that have been privileged to view this epic.
I won't spoil the movie, but the third act was probably written by an eighth grader. An eighth grader who failed English. I could not believe that this director and team could be so cheesy, following a pattern so used, so boring. I felt robbed.