Wonderful, moving film, must see of 2005

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2005)

Million Dollar Baby was a film I was expecting to like after seeing the trailer. I thought it was just going to be about boxing in the sense of young girl goes to train with veteran boxing trainer and becomes world champion...the end. But it was so much more than that. As others have commented before, the film explores life itself through the characters and the boxing ring. The acting is superb with Clint Eastwood playing a bitter boxing trainer with a history involving something he regrets. Morgan Freeman narrates superbly just as he did in Shawshank Redemption, and as Eastwood's handyman does not take over the screen. Hilary Swank is outstanding as the girl from the trailer park, turned boxing hero. She plays the role superbly and you feel engaged towards her character. You must see this film, thats all the more i'll say!