Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Christina Cox
Critics Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert " Eastwood plays the trainer, Frankie, who runs a seedy gym in Los Angeles and reads poetry on the side. Hilary Swank plays Maggie, from southwest Missouri, who has been waitressing since she was 13 and sees boxing as the one way she can escape waitressing for the rest of her life."more...
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Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington "At first, "Million Dollar Baby" carries a mixed ring of truth and seeming cliche. The source of Paul Haggis' script is a boxing story by "F.X. Toole" the pseudonym of actual fight manager/cut man (or first-aid corner man) Jerry Boyd. "more...
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E! Online, After initially refusing (of course), he takes her under his wing and the female Rocky fights her way through the ranks (without doubles, a buff Swank did all the socking, thankyouverymuch). Lucky Dirty Harry doesn't let this become a cliché follow-your-dreams lesson, and how could he with that cinematic sucker punch that changes everything? Eastwood's easy chemistry with Freeman and tear-jerking relationship with Swank tells us this is more about the family struggles, questions that are never answered and how a surrogate support system is sometimes all you need.more...
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