This is an old-fashioned movie.

Rating: Null/10 (31 March 2005)

I thought MDB was dreadful, a word that began ringing in my mind about 20 minutes before the ending of this overly long film. The characters were simultaneously murky and cardboard and their actions were unrealistic. Why did Frankie continually attend Mass? Why did he harangue the priest in such a childish manner? Why was the priest such an unwelcoming grouch? Since Maggie was labeled trash by the voice over, did the movie justify her death? Why at age 30 did she begin to box? Why didn't she understand what her mother was? And was there ever a more unrealistic character than her mother? Furthermore, there is nothing mysterious about the meaning of the word cushla.