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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Clint Eastwood's 25th film as a director, Million Dollar Baby stands proudly with Unforgiven and Mystic River as the masterwork of a great American filmmaker. In an age of bloated spectacle and computer-generated effects extravaganzas, Eastwood turns an elegant screenplay by Paul Haggis (adapted from the book Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner by F.X. Toole, a pseudonym for veteran boxing manager Jerry Boyd) into a simple, humanitarian example of classical filmmaking, as deeply felt in its heart-wrenching emotions as it is streamlined in its character-driven storytelling. In the course of developing powerful bonds between "white-trash" Missouri waitress and aspiring boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), her grizzled, reluctant trainer Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), and Frankie's best friend and training-gym partner Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman), 74-year-old Eastwood mines gold from each and every character, resulting in stellar work from his well-chosen cast. Containing deep reserves of love, loss, and the universal desire for something better in hard-scrabble lives, Million Dollar Baby emerged, quietly and gracefully, as one of the most acclaimed films of 2004, released just in time to earn an abundance of year-end accolades, all of them well-deserved. --Jeff Shannon

Million Dollar Baby [Region 2] Reviews:
Kept me wondering
2009-12-12 - Geeze this was a good movie, but I wish they would have let us know what happened to the evil German prostitute/boxer. Kind of left me feeling empty on that one big point.

Clint at his best!
2009-12-02 - The first thing I do when I read user reviews for a film is go to the opposite of my opinion. So in the case of Million Dollar Baby, I directly went to the area where people rated this film only 1 star and read their reviews. Interesting to say the least. I feel some people just miss the boat on this film and what type of story its trying to tell. It's a story of stubbornness and the will to do whatever it takes to be the best, and how all of that can be taken from you in a single moment. To cherish the opportunities we have in life and to leave everything we've got on the table. Yes, it's not a happy story, it's not sold as a feel good film! I'm not sure why people are confused by this. But the film ultimately is inspiring because Hilary Swank's character is selfless and does everything she can to achieve her dreams.

Okay, another thing. This is NOT a pro-euthanasia movie. I hope that I haven't spoiled anything for someone reading this, but I had to say something regarding so many people writing this in the 1-star section. I'm sure if you loved someone you wouldn't want them suffering, especially in the sense that the character is in the movie.

In the end, this is an obvious Best Picture winner. Expertly crafted like Clint always does, superbly acted, and has an excellent pace, this is a definite must-see, if not own. I highly recommend it, let alone just about anything Eastwood has directed because he just knows how to get it done.

A Contemporary classic gets even better.
2009-12-02 - Million Dollar Baby was a film that actually desrved the honor of winning the Best Picture Oscar. It is gripping, real, and the acting is superior. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman blend together so well in this movie, and make it flow so perfectly.
This is the second copy of the movie I purchased, I very rarely ever do that, but I wanted to see it on Blu-ray. The extra expense paid off, it's even better than it was on the 2 disc special edition I already owned.
If you love this movie as much as I do, add the Blu-ray edition to your library.

excellent Clint eastwood movie
2009-11-06 - it was a good clint eastwood movie wityh not so much killing in it as most of his do
I had seen it before so liked the story about the lady boxing
and acting
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The best boxing movie ever...
2009-08-19 - In 2004, Clint Eastwood produced, directed and starred in the best boxing movie I have ever had the pleasure of watching on the silver screen.I love "Rocky" movies...because I love "Rocky" movies. I do not expect every actor in a "Rocky" flick to garner an academy award, but there I sit anyway as the final boxing scene unravels. But in "Million Dollar Baby", I expect the three main characters played by Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman and Eastwood to walk onto the stage at the Academy Awards and pick up their Oscar. I expect it. I want it to happen. And I'd be shocked if it didn't happen. The movie won for Best Picture. Eastwood collected the Best Director Award. Freeman the Best Supporting Actor Award. And Swank boxed her way to the Best Actress of the Year Award. Jamie Foxx won the Best Actor Award for "Ray", and he not only had to beat out Eastwood, but Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland) and Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda).I'd hate to have been the judges on that one. Swank's character, Maggie, walks into the boxing gym at the beginning of "Million Dollar Baby" and captures our hearts and she doesn't let loose until the very end.I walked out of the movie, desperately wanting to change the ending. The movie was that good. As for Freeman and Eastwood, they were both outstanding,Freeman as "Scrap" and Eastwood as "Frankie". They were together in the academy award winning western, "The Unforgiven". I didn't think they could top those performances. I was wrong. Buy the DVD. See it over and over again. Make plenty of popcorn and bring plenty of tissue.