Million Dollar Baby

Overall:

Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) dreams of becoming a professional boxer. Her tenacity and determination more than make up for her lack of money and her lack of youth, yet Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood), one of the great coaches of all time, refuses to give Maggie a chance.

Not to be discouraged, Maggie continues to show up faithfully, day after day, at Frankie's gym until, with the gentle proddings of Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman), Frankie finally gives in and takes Maggie on as his boxer.

Maggie's rise to the top is steady and rewarding until, during one of the biggest matches of her life, a cheep shot from her opponent takes Maggie out of the ring for good.

Likes:

Okay, I normally don't go in for boxing movies, so I was unsure of what I was getting into. The visuals were brutal, yet honest, as CLint Eastwood captured the rough-and-tumble world of professional boxing.

Dislikes:

I can't watch boxing. Makes me nauseous. There were some very graphic bits of people getting the crap knocked out of'em, which made my stomach hurt.

In Closing:

I found this movie to be worthy of each Academy Award that it picked up, and that, my friends, is saying something. If you have the opportunity to see this one, please do.

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