This film broke my heart........(that's good)

Rating: Null/10 (16 January 2005)

This film broke my heart. I saw it two nights ago, and every time it enters my mind (which is every 5 minutes or so), I well up. I don't even like boxing, but that is not what this film is about. To me, it is a love-story of a would-be father and a would-be daughter. It is about a girl with nothing, wanting to prove that she has self-worth and a deep yearning to find a father-figure that is proud of her. However, this movie is about so much more than that.
The lighting, editing and sparse scoring are perfect. I long so much to help Maggie, and feel that she is REAL, not just a fictional character from a movie.
I have NEVER been this moved by a picture, and if any film should win just about every Oscar this year, it is Million Dollar Baby.
Clint, thank you for reminding us what real movies are all about: Character Development.
If there was ever a movie that fully embodied the "American Spirit".....THIS IS IT!!!!!
thoughts?
SvK