Brilliant

Rating: 8/10 (8 April 2017)

Let's start off with the unnecessary sub plot of that Danger guy. It serves nothing for the development of the plot nor the characters. I think its only purpose is to give more screen time to Morgan Freeman, which i guess is good even when it makes no sense.
Moving on. Like Rocky, this boxing film isn't about boxing but rather the character development and Mr. Eastwood delivers it masterfully. The plot starts with Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) reluctant on training and managing career of newcomer Maggie (Hilary Swank) because he doesn't train girls and he was already focusing on the career of another boxer, Big Willie (Mike Colter). But due to his past failures, he keeps holding back Willie from the title who eventually leaves Dunn. With the help of his former partner Scrap (Morgan Freeman), He decides to train Maggie until she finds a manager.
As I said before, the character development is the subject of the movie. We see the transformation of Maggie from a dreamer who never give up to a pessimistic who embraces death after being paralytic. On the other hand, Frankie at the beginning was the pessimistic one and by the end was the only person who still had hope of Maggie's recovery.