I don't usually like watching films with Clint Eastwood. I don't know what it is about him but I've never enjoyed watching him. Until now the only exception to this was a film called 'A Perfect World' which also starred Kevin Costner. I had heard good things about this film and so despite having Eastwood in a starring role I wanted to see it. In Million Dollar Baby, Eastwood plays Frankie Dunn, an ex boxer who is now a trainer looking for a boxer to win him a title. He owns a gym which he runs with the help of Morgan Freeman who plays Eddie Dupris. Eddie lost an eye in a boxing match for a title and Frankie holds himself reponsible for this. Hilary ...  Read the complete review

Introduction ______________ Million Dollar Baby won 4 Oscars in 2004 1. Best Picture 2. Best Director 3. Best Actress (Hilary Swank) 4. Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman) A moving picture with a twist at the end. Main theme of this film is one man's attempt to put things right and an underrated female boxers attempt to become a professional boxer to make million bucks. Plot ___ Clint Eastwood is Frankie Dunn, a talented boxing trainer. Somehow life hasn't treated him kindly. One and only daughter is estranged and the dream of training a champion boxing died a ...  Read the complete review

Million Dollar Baby was released in 2005 and is a fantastic movie all round, directed by Clint Eastwood who also stars in the film. I have to admit I don't mind watching a bit of boxing but know that not everyone is into the sport but I don't really think that matters too much as it's brilliant. The movie is the story of a female boxer by the name of Maggie Fitzgerald played by Hilary Swank, her trainer Frankie Dunn played by Clint Eastwood, and his business partner Eddie Durpis played by Morgan Freeman. The movie itself is really a character study of the first two characters, namely Maggie and Frankie. For me, one of the reasons I think that this ...  Read the complete review

Hilary Swank and Clint Eastwood star together in 'Million Dollar Baby', a drama that focuses on an unlikely partnership that later develops into a deep friendship between a female boxer and her trainer (Eastwood). The cover art may fool a lot of people into thinking it's a boxing movie but there is only a handful of boxing scenes in the whole film and, really, the boxing is used as an excuse to show how Clint's character, Frankie, is, at first, unwilling to let himself become emotionally attached to people and his protege, Maggie (Swank) unknowingly, eventually gets to change all that. Morgan Freeman makes appearances in the film but takes a back ...  Read the complete review

This film has won 2 Golden Globes for Clint Eastwood as best director and Hilary Swank as best actress. It has also won 4 academy awards for best picture best director best actress and best supporting actor, it is not suprising why this is a very moving and heartfelt film. I had always seen Clint Eastwood as a western actor until I picked up this film. He was not playing a cowboy it was a modern film and at this point I found out he directed the film too. I have found him a very interesting actor that can make a film with real feeling which draws you in and makes you feel close to the charactors. He has also got big actors such as Morgan Freeman in the ...  Read the complete review