A Deeply Disturbing,Haunting, And Depressing Boxing Film, And It May Just Be The Best Film I Have Ever Seen!

Rating: 10/10 (10 February 2005)

This is going to be very hard for me to review but i will do my best. A Deeply Disturbing, and depressing,boxing movie, and it may just be the best film i have ever seen!. The Performances, are incredible, just incredible,, and all 3 of them deserve Oscars, especially Swank!. It's Moving, touching, disturbing and extremely sad. You grow so attached to Swank's character, since she is so incredibly likable, and what happens to her is not right!. Hillary and Clint's Chemistry is simply amazing, they had a special bond,as for Maggie's Mother, You will hate her, , and want to slap her silly, for being such a bitch. However it depressed me big time, and it's not easy to watch (2nd half anyway). there are lots and lots of disturbing images, that will haunt you , trust me., In fact The whole 2nd half is haunting. The Direction is absolutely, incredible. Clint Eastwood, is brilliant behind the camera, nothing fancy, but the film does not need it, still it's brilliant, all the way!.And that score, is simply awesome!. The Acting Is absolutely incredible,with No Doubt Oscar winning performances from, Swank, Eastwood,Freeman. Hillary Swank, gives one of the best performances, ever!, she is so incredibly likable, i have never grown, so attached to a character before, she's so adorable, lovable, and what happened to her, it tore me up,however i don't want to ruin the film so that's all i will say.However it is indeed one of the finest performances ever in a movie. Clint Eastwood, is just as good, he is an incredible actor, his character is meant to be rough, and gruff, but he really has a heart of a gold and i enjoyed the special bond/chemistry him and Hillary had.Morgan Freeman is absolutely, fantastic here as always, and was a great narrator, plus, i loved his character. Jay Baruchel, is good as Danger, and was harmless, plus he gave me a few good chuckles. Lucia Rijker, plays one of the most despicable, pieces of trash i have ever seen, she did her job extremely well, but i just wanted to strangle her(literally). Margo Martindale did her job extremely well as the hate able, uncaring mother. Overall , i was simply, blown away by this movie, and it's one of the best movies i have ever seen!, There is absolutely no excuse, for you not to see this film! , i have never been affected by a movie this much! . ***** out of 5