Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules life: above all, always protect yourself. In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time... (imdb)
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Directed By: Clint Eastwood
Written By: Paul Haggis, F.X. Toole
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Margo Martindale, Michael Peña, Anthony Mackie, Jay Baruchel, Hilary Swank, Riki Lindhome, Brían F. O'Byrne, Jude Ciccolella, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker
Country: USA
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juntakinte99 | 82 68th |
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This was a poorly marketed film. The commercials made it seem like a female Rocky. Instead, it's a profoundly humanist rumination on regret that just happens to include boxing. It gives viewers great insight into its heroine--especially when exploring her drive, poverty upbringing, and the final third's gut-punch premise. But it's also an Eastwood movie, so old people prove they have valuable things to teach whippersnappers. Recommended, although be warned of the downer ending.
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| 7 | Landstander | 4 22nd |
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A movie completely convinced of its own thoughtfulness, as evidenced by Freeman's annoying narration and generally overblown performances. This would just be annoying if it wasn't for the way the screenplay writes its characters in broad, easy-to-understand strokes. The worst is Swank's white trash family, so ridiculously overdone they absolutely kill the dramatic importance of any scene they're in. Worst of all, it's plain boring.
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Paxton | 66 48th |
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We should have seen the warning signs on old Eastwood starting to lose it when he misunderstood a script about a boxer "taking a fall" and went in a WAY serious direction with it.
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MartinTeller | 68 32nd |
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This felt like two different predictable movies. First a standard boxing movie, clichés all in place, then a rather mundane melodrama. I probably would have liked it more if they'd just stuck to the standard boxing movie, and maybe saved the twist for the end. It was well done though, and the interplay between Eastwood and Freeman is almost as enjoyable as it was in Unforgiven. Could have done without Freeman's narration which made it feel like a rehash of Shawshank Redemption.
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Pickpocket | 7 68th |
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(rewatch) I was unfair to this movie the first time I saw it. It's not a masterpiece, but it's extremely good. Very well made but suffers from some cheesy writing. It felt formulatic, but it wasn't hokey, so it doesn't really matter. Plus, it's only like that in the first 2 acts. The third act is awesome. Eastwood should've got the best acting Oscar. That scene in the church at the end is worth it alone.
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INDYATMN | 100 99th |
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Well deserved Oscar to Ms. Swank.
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BeeDub | 82 50th |
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The more you think about this movie, the worse it gets.
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lrampartl | 49 29th |
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You know, had this film focused on the goofy wannabe kid with no grip on reality instead of Swank, this would've been memorable. That retard-beating scene was amazing shit, and easily topped the rest of the film. So, instead, the rest of the flick kind of bored me and felt extremely forgettable. How did this get so much praise when it felt like such an unoriginal idea?
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Derekstar | 80 68th |
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If Morgan Freeman's character were a ghost, this movie would be exactly the same. Full disclosure: I cried at the end.
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Alex Watkins | 4 70th |
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The strong backlash against Million Dollar Baby reflects distaste for two things: formula and naked emotion. But when a story is handled so gracefully as this one, with its range of themes neatly intertwining both with character and with each other, who cares?
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whatismyname | 95 99th |
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You don't see too many women starring in 'No one can beat me, I'm the king of the world' type of roles, but Hilary Swank plays Maggie Fitzgerald perfectly as the hard nosed, tough as nails, boxer. The story is about boxing, but it delves deeper and thats where the greatness lies.
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Ocelot | 45 36th |
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Hilary Swank is tremendous. The rest of the film is decidedly not, though I did like the way the boxing scenes were filmed. The climax is one of the most contrived things I've ever seen in it a movie, and the aftermath turns the melodrama levels into overdrive, and they were already pretty hard to begin with. Also, what's with late period Eastwood making these movies about him as an old white man finding redemption through "saving" the less fortunate? Come on, gramps.
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SirStuckey | 90 94th |
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A movie that builds you up just to knock you on your ass...but in a good way. Eastwood, Swank and Freeman were all dynamite as were the majority of the secondary actors. Only Swank's family were poorly written as they were a little too cliche trailer trash and were somewhat unbelievable. Fortunately their roles were minor enough were it doesn't bother you too much. Shows how good Eastwood can be behind the camera and could possibly be the second best boxing movie ever (behind Raging Bull).
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Cinema_Asia | 60 30th |
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Everything in this film builds up to one big melodramatic twist. Very disappointing effort by Eastwood and it felt very manipulative and insincere. I really did enjoy the film up until that point though and the acting is pretty solid throughout which makes it an even greater shame.
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Leonardis | 95 85th |
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This is actually my second favorite boxing movie, which probably says a lot. I can't really say it's a Rocky, or a Raging Bull, but I found it to be exceptionally made. Amazing performances and writing and directing from Eastewood and company. If you haven't seen this already you definitely should, especially if you like boxing movies.
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| 1 | hyped83 | 100 98th |
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I'm biased. That said, Clint Eastwood is probably the best guy in Hollywood and this film proves it. He can act and he can turn a screenplay into a well crafted film. Goodbye spaghetti westerns, hello modern day dramas!
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| 1 | dmsmith72 | 60 32nd |
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Well shot, and well acted by Clint. Some of the script was a little forced, and sorry, Hillary Swank -- way, way overrated. I hate fake Southern accents
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| 1 | svicciarelli | 90 82nd |
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Heart-wrenching drama. A very important film that tells a great story and offers viewers the chance to reason choices out in their own minds.
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willofgaia | 70 22nd |
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Serves no other purpose than to rip your heart out and hand it back to you. Movies like that always bother me. At least this one is told well.
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Kavu | 82 76th |
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Powerful performance by Swank and Clint excels at all of his tasks. The ending is a bit too long and sentimental.
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TheDiceman | 75 89th |
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New spin on boxing flicks but surprisingly good.
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| 1 | anderton | 35 23rd |
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"I DON'T TEACH GIRLS" and other such words of Haggis wisdom.
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Bunyas | 83 91st |
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Touching...
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Anomaly | 73 55th |
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Pretty good, in spite of the fact that Haggis helped write it, although some of the melodrama still came through. Hilary Swank can be a great actress when she has either good material to work with (like Boys Don't Cry) or a good director (like this).
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Huychu | 20 3rd |
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Overwhelmingly manipulative garbage. Everyone here is a paper-thin character at best, especially Hillary Swank's wretched family. Someone should tell Paul Haggis that there're more than two dimensions.
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febraro | 65 24th |
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It's a good film, nice acting, nice directing, nice nice. The part after the big accident is obviously much stronger than the part before, which felt like it was going nowhere... Well, maybe that was actually the point of it.
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| 1 | Dustyd | 60 39th |
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Well made, well acted, but overwritten. The final turn just didn't work for me. I thought it was great the way it was. I think Haggis is a very heavy handed writer.
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| 1 | Manhatta | 62 31st |
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I love boxing movies, so watching a movie where a badass like Eastwood takes a young girl (and Swank did a great job) under his wing to conquer all was a lot of fun. Not to mention a Morgan Freeman wise old man role, which always tugs the heartstrings. But the ending felt way too manipulative, and even though I knew it was coming, it still left a bad taste in my mouth. It just felt like an unnecessary plot point, placed their solely to when an Oscar.
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| 1 | Octane Death | 80 81st |
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Interesting piece on how you can dream of becoming big, make it big, and then lose it. Clint Eastwood delivers, in outstanding performances both directoring and acting. Swank, to me, is flat but seems to bring the critics in.
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| 1 | jrc123 | 55 30th |
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I never need to watch this movie again.
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moraesfelipe | 83 89th |
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Not my favourite from Clint Eastwood, but still an impressive piece of great directing and acting.
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QVT | 30 40th |
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Every sports movie that is considered "good" has to have some bullshit in it. If you didn't burst out laughing during the slow-mo fall shot, I don't know what to tell you.
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Piglet | 76 82nd |
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Eastwood impresses again with this tragic version of the American dream.
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aney | 45 48th |
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Cheesy as fuck. And way too long. Too bad, because with that subject matter they could have made something great.
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Okkervil | 84 89th |
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A simple story well told. What more could you ask for?
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mwgerb | 58 61st |
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Very well made, but it left me surprisingly cold for such an emotional subject.
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| 1 | Foobekah | 80 24th |
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Disappointing for an academy award winner. The story was great until it turned into a commercial for euthenasia. I hate it when Hollywood tries to cram morals down our throat.
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rewind | 6 64th |
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I still like the King of Hill episode where Luanne fights George Foreman's daughter more.
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hellboy76 | 73 89th |
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Eastwood continues to progress as an actor and director.
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PerryStroika | 54 22nd |
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Not bad as these kinds of macho tearjerkers go. There is some real skill at work here. It just doesn't amount to very much in the end.
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| 1 | myfavchords | 95 97th |
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This is an outstanding movie. Clint Eastwood does a great job directing and Hilary Swank is amazing in one of the best performances of her career. Morgan Freeman and Eastwood are also really good in this movie. The story is exciting, thrilling and heart breaking. I highly recommend this fantastic drama.
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magdabag | 94 92nd |
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Absolutely loved it! Hillary Swank did a phenomenal job, as well as Eastwood and Freeman. This movie definitely deserve every award it won. With Eastwood's directing, this movies makes for a boxing classic.
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Nick Hamden (Gorgon Reviews) | 80 77th |
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The academy sure does love boxing movies. And so do I, apparently.
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hakkanarejo | 100 91st |
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Boxing trainer Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) hasn't let anyone into his personal life for a long time, until Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) steps into his training room. Marked by a difficult life, young Maggie has managed to fight her way to the boxing ring with pure talent and willpower. Now more than ever she needs someone to believe in her, but the last thing Frankie needs is to take responsibility for Maggie. Still, through Maggie's will and determination, Frankie sets out to train her.
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| 1 | CCranston | 40 13th |
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A drama disguised as a sports movie. First act started like Rocky, which got the audience excited, then the movie peaked early in the second act, when the boxing got good The rest of the second act was slowly losing steam, as the characters had no goals set in stone anymore. It was just boxing for the sake of it, with no end goal of a title or championship. Nothing wrong with that in life but for a movie it started losing the audience. Third act instantly kills the momentum and the movie dies.
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| 1 | MarkBeronte | 68 36th |
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Not much of a fan of Eastwood's directing. His main talent seems to be in making the banal seem profound to the uncritical mind. Still this film has something to offer.
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| 1 | vv238 | 84 89th |
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Million Dollar Baby illustrates Clint Eastwood's talent as a director. Boxing films could be a genre in and of itself and the cliche's are often so thick that it becomes hard to separate the genre from the film. Not so here, where there are multiple layers of story being told at once and boxing is only a small part of it. The acting is all-around great, the plot is wonderfully told with a twist that makes sense for the story, and the emotional core is unobtrusive yet present.
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| 1 | HarryDunn | 86 95th |
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excellent all around
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