An inside look to a well read story!

Rating: 10/10 (4 June 2006)

This film is made ever so much better by the fact that; for the most part, it is narrated by the attractively engrossing bitter truth that Morgan Freeman brings to everything he reads aloud. If you've seen the film 'The Shawshank Redemption', and enjoyed the narration within, you'll once again find the same comforting friend tell you another story.
Hilary Swank, (as Maggie Fitzgerald), gives the performance of her career, as a woman not quite middle aged, but not exactly young either, chasing a dream of her youth that she just can't let go of. Clint Eastwood's, (Frankie Dunn), portrayal of a burnt-out & cantankerous boxer/trainer character, is so believable, it makes you feel as if you'd be anxious to try to please him, were you in Maggie Fitzgerald's,(Hilary Swank), place. How she plays into that interaction is the key to the tenderly complicated relationship that Maggie & Frankie develop. Morgan Freeman, (Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris), plays the character that ties everything together & bears witness to it all. His elocution of the facts are the base of the narration given throughout.
Needless to say, the cast is exquisite, and the collision of fates within the story is inspiring. Definitely a must see!!!