Loved the first four-fifths...

Rating: Null/10 (22 February 2005)

I expected to love this movie. For a good hour and a half, I was not disappointed. But looking back at it as a whole, I would have to give it only about 7 out of 10.
I loved almost everything up through the title fight. The only exception was the comically stereotypical portrayal of Maggie's family.
I could have handled the melodrama at the end if it had been portrayed more realistically, but instead it came across as manipulative and shallow.
Without exception, though, Hillary Swank is amazing throughout. Her character was a great mix of sweetness and toughness, attitude and humility.