A must in every "Top X" list!

Rating: Null/10 (29 May 2018)

Recently I got to like movies not for their particular entertainment value but for something that carries over after watching a movie. A message.
This movie could have had only two lines of dialog and it would be as powerful. When Frankie (Clint Eastwook) finaly told Maggie (Hilary Swank) what the meaning of "Mo Cuishle" was I felt like I was hit by his punch.
The narrative and espacially the acting were superb. Hilary Swank definitely deserved the Oscar and while I didn't see "Ray" yet (which Jamie Fox won the Oscar for main actor against Eastwood) it at the very least was a close call that Eastwood didn't won the Oscar. This is again a reason why this movie didn't need much dialog. You could read their faces like I rarely, if ever, saw in a movie.
I would give Million Dollar Baby an easy 10/10 if it was only for the ending. I feel like the narrative just indicated sooooo heavily that in the end Frakie would have lost his "Mo Cuishle" but be reunited with his daughter. If only the end was that his daughter walkes into the Diner....Man, feels like a missed opportunity.
Nonetheless, a movie I could recommend in a blink of an eye.