Eastwood At His Best

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2005)

My wife and I just returned from the Canadian Premiere of Million Dollar Baby. The movie was riveting from start to finish. It was definitely the best movie I have seen in the last year and maybe the best in a few years. The story blended some great humor, some great fight and action scenes and a gut and heart wrenching story. There were so many story lines in this movie. There was Morgan Freeman's depiction of a retired fighter left wanting for more. There was Hillary Swank's struggle from rags to riches and her struggle to prove she was capable of fighting in a sport dominated by males. There was Clint Eastwood's gripping story of lost love and unfinished dreams. They were all mixed together so well. There are so many things that one can take from this movie and one that people will be talking about for years to come.