Reviews of Million Dollar Baby

Even Tho It Hits Like A Girl, It Still Hurts

Posted : 3 months, 1 week ago on 11 September 2009 12:03 (A review of Million Dollar Baby)

The chemistry that results from Clint Eastwood's & Morgan Freeman's presence in this movie epitomizes the main thing I like about Million Dollar Baby. These are two seasoned actors so comfortable in their craft, that they both simply move in this film with a flowing ease of two veterans of their field who are just willing to allow the emotion of the story & the naturalness & trust of each other's acting ability to drive the momentum of this movie. And their chemistry of friendship, as cliche as it sounds, truly belies on the phrase of that "indescribable something" & yet, it's so tangible that the much younger yet equally talented Hilary Swank can't help but to follow suit in doing. It all leads to an overall performance from the trio that makes this a film whose power stems not from the boxing themes that one would usually expect from a boxing flick, but more from the emotions that weave & tie the characters together & allows the plot to unfold at it's own volition. In the end, it seems almost overkill to describe Million Dollar Baby as anything other than a boxing film that focuses on the female contingent of the sport directed by & starring Eastwood, along with Hillary Swank & Morgan Freeman.
Or in other words, a film that had me at "Mo Cuishle".



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This Won An Academy Award?

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago on 30 May 2007 11:49 (A review of Million Dollar Baby)

I don't know if it's just because I don't like boxing or because the movie was crap (I'm going for crap) but I was bored with this pathetic attempt right from the word go. I realise that a Clint Eastwood film isn't worth watching but I wanted to know what everyone was on about. Obviously I am a sucker for punishment.
I knew it was a bad idea as soon as I started to hear Morgan Freeman's raspy voice narrating and then add Eastwood's even raspier voice and I had great difficulty understanding anything these people were on about! It's what I imagine it would be like for a semi deaf person being stuck in a room with people who mumble.
What could've been done in an hour and half was drawn out for over 2 hours. Really drawn out as if trying to force feeling from the viewer by driving them mad. It did succeed. In driving me mad that is. I'd love to take the dvd and burn it, but a piece of tripe like that doesn't deserve my energy.

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overrated film of the decade

Posted : 3 years ago on 13 December 2006 11:47 (A review of Million Dollar Baby)

Extremely overrated. I don't what it was, but for me, this movie felt too fake, too engineered. I believe it was designed from the beginning just to give Eastwood an Oscar. Design up a script with tearful and shocking moments, add in a hot-button political topic (such as morality of keeping someone alive or letting them die in peace), and then add an all-star cast. Voila. The perfect film for Oscar night. Yet i can't help but find it so artificial. And they spent WAY too much time in the film debating wether to let her die or keep her alive, that in the end, i just felt like ripping the plug out myself just so I can stop watching this film.

Plus the casting was way off. I just can't picture Hillary Swank with her enormous teeth being a female boxer. Those massive pearly whites wouldve been knocked out long ago.

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