fantastic film, one of Eastwood's finest

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2006)

Million Dollar Baby was a beautiful film. It tells the story of an aspiring boxer named Maggie Fitzgerrald (Hillary Swank) and the man who doesn't want to train a woman (Eastwood). During most of the film, Eastwood basically has nothing to do with her but in spite of this a relationship develops and before long, Frankie takes Maggie under his wing.
Of course Maggie becomes an excellent boxer, thanks to Frankie and a lot of natural talent. But one match changes everything.
This was a fantastic movie. Paul Haggis is a wonderful writer (it's cool to see a Candadian win an Oscar for writing two years in a row!). Eastwood's performance was amazing, as was Swank's and Morgan Freeman's scene with the cheeseburger was priceless! Nice touch, Clint. You put two old pros like Eastwood and Freeman together and you can't lose.