Clint Eastwood's Best Movie Ever!

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2005)

Van Gogh had "Starry Night", DaVinci had "The Mona Lisa", and now Clint Eastwood has "Million Dollar Baby". At first glance this movie seems like a typical boxing movie. This movie runs much deeper than your typical "sports movie". Clint Eastwood stars as Frankie, an aging fight manager, who runs a boxing gym in Los Angeles. Frankie goes to church daily for sins that are not quite known. With Frankie is his friend "Scrap", a former fighter that is blind in one eye, that has been with Frankie for several years. Frankie changes when he meets Maggie, a superb Hilary Swank. Maggie is a 30 something waitress who aspires to be a champion boxer. At first Frankie refuses to train Maggie. But Maggies persistence and attitude gives Frankie a change of heart. Frankie takes Maggie to the top and grows to love maggie. The movie has a lot of boxing scenes, but is more about the longing for family. In just over two hours Clint Eastwood creates a masterpiece of emotion and heart, with an incredible cast, and great dialouge. Clint Eastwood stars, directed and composed the wonderful score for this movie. People may think going into this movie that it might be another "Rocky". This movie has one thing a boxer really needs in the ring, a lot of heart.