Review of Million Dollar Baby (2004) by Richard G — 12 May 2012
Eastwood's style may be subtle, but this script is anything but. Everyone is pretty much a caricature, especially the supporting characters of Maggie's mother, Danger, the priest, and whoever Anthony Mackie was supposed to be.
The movie intentionally kills its upward momentum with about 40 minutes to go in order to keep the dirge-like feeling of this heavy film. Obviously Swank and Freeman are good, and Clint is, well, Clint.
The movie is pretty enough to look at though it can be a tad dull at times - the same can be said of the story. There's nothing really awful here but not much to get excited about either. Decent drama.
This review of Million Dollar Baby (2004) was written by Richard G on 12 May 2012.
Million Dollar Baby has generally received very positive reviews.
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