I can't figure out why people thought this was so good

Rating: 4/10 (28 January 2006)

I think Clint is a fine actor and director and certainly Hilary Swank is a good actress. Of course I love everything Morgan Freeman has ever been in, he's the always great. But I can't understand why people thought this movie was so great. Sure we feel sorry for Frankie and Maggie but the story is a story we've all seen before. Poor girl finds grumpy old man and they both learn to love each other. So what. I also thought that the ending was totally made up. I work in the medical profession and I can tell you it would never happen like it was portrayed. A competent adult, especially one who can speak as clearly as she could with a tracheostomy tube in, would be allowed to make her own medical decisions. So though the performances were good the movie itself was just like the rest okay.