Average Rating: 8.3/10
Reviews Counted: 225
Fresh: 206 | Rotten: 19
Clint Eastwood's assured direction - combined with knockout performances from Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman - help Million Dollar Baby to transcend its clichés, and the result is deeply heartfelt and moving.
Average Rating: 8.6/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 2
Clint Eastwood's assured direction - combined with knockout performances from Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman - help Million Dollar Baby to transcend its clichés, and the result is deeply heartfelt and moving.
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Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran boxing trainer who has devoted his life to the ring and has precious little to show for it; his daughter never answers his letters, and a fighter he's groomed into contender status has paid him back by signing with another manager, leaving Frankie high and dry. His best friend and faithful employee Eddie Dupris is a former fighter who Frankie trained. In his last fight, Eddie suffered a severe injury, a fact that brings Frankie great guilt. One day,
Dec 15, 2004 Wide
Jul 12, 2005
$100.4M
Warner Bros. Pictures
All Critics (225) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (214) | Rotten (20) | DVD (39)
Like Eastwood, it's a relic that dazzles you with its footwork, daring and class.
Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby is a masterpiece, pure and simple, deep and true.
[A] solid boxing drama.
A glorious knockout punch of a movie.
No movie in my memory has depressed me more than Million Dollar Baby.
The result is the kind of movie they don't make anymore -- a real crowd-pleaser.
Violent Oscar winner is inspiring but too intense for kids.
Clint Eastwood can do it all.
"Million Dollar Baby" is a tragic film about an innately paternal man's desperate need to overcome his own emotional traps and the loyal girl who facilitates his growth by her steely will and stubborn drive.
This is an actor's piece, and Eastwood, Freeman, and Swank all deliver performances equal to or perhaps greater than any they've done in recent memory.
Million Dollar Baby adds to Clint Eastwood's legacy in ways we might not have expected. It explores emotional terrain as he hasn't done before, and it gives him a kind of role that he has never had before.
Just when you think he should be retiring, Clint Eastwood throws another one-two punch.
This is Eastwood's weakest work in years, perhaps because it yokes itself to a hot-button theme instead of a story that resonates.
A devastating act of mercy for one character may very well cost the soul of another.
After the somewhat hysterical Mystic River - a flawed work dominated by a powerhouse performance from Sean Penn - this is a far more balanced piece, anchored by three terrific turns and some lean direction from Eastwood.
Easily Mr. Eastwood's best film since Unforgiven.
Million Dollar Baby is a strong contender, but it suffers a TKO in the last round.
what's great about Eastwood, is how he turns cliche to cinematic archetype, and throws in a modern twist at the same time
When you've seen the movie once and can anticipate the last act, however, the film has to rely more upon its philosophical and emotional stamina to hold your attention. The impulse to duck out and avoid the heavy blows becomes greater.
Quietly quite magnificent.
HD takes it one step further, one increment of clarity beyond. (HD-DVD Edition)
To steal from Ali, this one floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.
Best Picture winner? I kind of wish that wasn't true. MILLION DOLLAR BABY, marking Clint Eastwood's 58th credited acting role and 25th feature film directing role, is just a typical underdog story, this time with an additional theme of sexism.The film was quite moving. I'll give it that. But the dialogue,
June 15, 2011Super Reviewer
A great movie. And a sad movie. Not what you think it is. Swank is great. Eastwood is great (behind and infront of the camera) and Freeman....he does his thing. I don't know about you people out there but I was touched by this film
September 18, 2011Super Reviewer
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