When it comes to the narrative canvas of two wounded souls, the film pedigree is formidable, beginning with Fellini’s La Strada and Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon.
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12/15/04
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
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Reviews Counted:220
Fresh:201
Rotten:19
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: Critics are calling Clint Eastwood's latest a knockout, with fine performances and filmmaking that elevate clichéd material to new emotional heights.
Runtime: 2 hrs 12 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Released a little over a year after the grand success of his Oscar-winning feature MYSTIC RIVER, Clint Eastwood returns to the director's chair for MILLION DOLLAR BABY. Eastwood also stars, in the... [More]
Starring: Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood, Jay Baruchel
Director: Clint Eastwood
Reviews for Million Dollar Baby
201 - 220 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Joins the honor list of great fight films.
12/14/04
Remarkable.
12/14/04
Perhaps the director's most touching, most elegiac work yet, Million Dollar Baby is a film that does both the expected and the unexpected, that has the nerve and the will to be as pitiless as it is sentimental.
12/14/04
One of Eastwood's best.
12/14/04
Clint Eastwood's drama about a grizzled boxing trainer and a spunky young fighter is the best movie released by a major Hollywood studio this year.
12/14/04
Top CriticDelivers an emotional punch to match those of the pugilists punishing each other in the ring
12/14/04
A haunting and beautiful story of the human spirit.
12/14/04
Eastwood's point of view has been seasoned enough to locate poignancy and respect for his protagonists where you least expect -- saying it's an old man's movie is a serious compliment.
12/14/04
Any doubt that Eastwood ranks among America's finest filmmakers should forever be dispelled thanks to this unexpectedly brilliant masterpiece.
12/14/04
Eastwood's powers as a director have never been in question, but who knew he had this amazing performance left inside of him?
12/14/04
Eastwood deserves another Best Picture nomination. Here's a man who has finally put Dirty Harry to rest.
12/13/04
The crowning achievement in an incredible career of a true American icon.
12/13/04
When did Clint Eastwood find the time to pour his heart and soul into Million Dollar Baby?
12/13/04
A solid filmmaker who delivers nearly flawless pictures, Clint Eastwood is in fine form with Million Dollar Baby.
12/13/04
The first reel of Million Dollar Baby is formulaic, the second a good boxing melodrama, and the third an intimate drama that matches Ingmar Bergman’s best work.
12/11/04
The knockout punch comes from Eastwood. His stripped-down performance -- as powerful as anything he's ever done -- has a rugged, haunting beauty.
12/10/04
Slow-burning drama of a determined female boxer and her hard-shelled trainer, a tale Eastwood invests with rewarding reserves of intimacy, tragedy, tenderness and bitter life knowledge.
12/09/04
Top CriticAn emotionally powerful drama about a woman boxer, a crusty old trainer, and their journey of the heart-one of the year's best
12/09/04
Absolutely riveting entertainment. Takes a formulaic blueprint, tramples it to the floor, and comes up with something altogether more penetrating, touching, and real.
12/09/04
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August 21, 2009:
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