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Million Dollar Baby (Review)
Clint Eastwood’s multi-Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby is arguably his most impressive film to date. With a superbly tuned screenplay by Paul Haggis, it features Maggie (Hilary Swank), a gritty bad mannered wannabe boxer from a trailer trash background who is taught the ropes by washed-up boxing trainer - Frankie (Clint Eastwood) manager of a down-trodden LA gym. Frankie has his own internal battles to fight relating to his estranged daughter and his own Catholicism.
The story is narrated by Eddie (Morgan Freeman), who cleans the toilets in Frankie's gym and glares at Clint through his remaining eye.
It's a mainstream thriller, but it's littered with intrigue and loose ends. The performances and murky subdued photography are fantastic, and old pro Freeman carries the emotion with great aplomb.
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