the basis of this movie is the subject of euthanasia

Rating: 5/10 (13 February 2005)

When I first heard the title of this film, "Million Dollar Baby," I supposed it was a teen-age film. It's not. We knew, without question, that Hillary Swank would convince Clint Eastwood to manage her boxing career and we saw that her first fights were won almost instantly. At this point it was clear that there'd either be a sharp reversal of her good fortune, or in teen-age movie fashion this film would have everything fall into place and nothing significant would occur.
But, as she rapidly rose to the champion position she was mistreated by an opponent and everything changed. Eastwood, Swank and Freeman did an excellent acting job but the script was far too positive the first half of the film and far too negative the second half. Her decline was so lengthy and gory that the movie becomes boring and demands a conclusion. Eastwood should have shortened it by cutting Swank's house-buying scene and all the scenes that included her relatives. Also, although the make-up was excellent, both during the fights and during Swanks hospitalization, all of these gory scenes should have been reduced in length.
This film is worth watching but who's going to watch it again?