A little to slow to be a 10

Rating: 8/10 (27 September 2012)

This was a pretty good girl boxer movie, but for me the slow monotonous pace just didn't quite make it as good as all the awards it won. The story is solid, a girl boxer, broke and living in poverty seeks her dreams of becoming a big-time female boxer. She seeks out a down and out trainer and begs her way into his heart, and ends up...well you have to see for yourself.
I give it an 8, because yes, it was a pull on your heart strings, make all the ladies cry type story. The acting was very good, and everyone seems to love Morgan Freeman no matter what he does.
Clint Eastwood directs and plays the hardened, down and out trainer, which is not far from the character he always plays.
The only real problem I had watching this movie is that the pace of it was awful. Unless you live in a nursing home, you may fall asleep before you even reach the mid way point. Then again, awards and raves always seem to come easy for movies that are the equivalent of prescription sleep medication starring actors that draw people into the theaters by reputation alone.
For me, it is a very good story with some great acting and worth watching but I cannot say that it was worth all the critical raves, glowing banter, and sheer brilliance that was heaved on to it.
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