A little melodrama, but still as good.

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2006)

Heard so much in regards to this Oscar-winning movie and it's amazing how generally I had read over here over the comments. It proved why this won the Best Picture Oscar last year.
Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) is a waitress who wants to be a boxer and met Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) and asked him to be her trainer. Narrated from the point-of-view of Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris (Morgan Freeman), it tells how Maggie is so determined to be a boxer that even Frankie has no choice but to coach her.
The narration somehow added a little 'darkness' into the movie and that is almost like the general feeling of the movie. It may look a little draggy for some, but then looking at how Maggie is so determined to make her mark and not just being a waitress for her entire life, at times we really need to ask ourselves about our purpose of life. Sounds a little cliché, but always worth considering about.
It's a little dark at times, but the plot is enough to make us ask about so many things in life.
Hilary Swank is so into her role as the determined female boxer Maggie that it's hard at times to remember that she is just portraying Maggie. Clint Eastwood as the trainer Frankie, quite good. Morgan Freeman being the narrator, not bad.