Wonderful Masterwork from Eastwood

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2005)

Clint Eastwood knows how to craft a story with human relationships and emotion as the framework. This is a beautiful piece of acting, screen writing, cinematography, and directing. It is tragic but always uplifting. I loved every minute of "Million Dollar Baby". Hilary Swank gives a strong, very human performance. She is able to carry the weight of her back story in her shoulders and is able to communicate triumph with her face alone. Clint Eastwood does give the performance of his career as the aged trainer of Swank's character. I found Morgan Freeman's "Scrap" is the best supporting character he has done since "Shawshank Redemption". Wonderful, subtle, unobtrusive screen writing lets the character's stories develop at a slower, more human, very touching way. The best film of the year.