Review of Million Dollar Baby (2004) by Nicolas M — 07 Jul 2011

With a hell of a performance by Hillary Swank, Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" succeeds at telling not only a story about box but also one about euthanasia and the psychological trauma on every individual involved.

Clint's skillful directing is cleary outstanding when the watcher realizes that it isn't that easy to say that euthanasia is totally wrong. Eastwood changes perspectives and changes minds. When a director can do something like that with a film, it means that he belongs to a higher level and dynasty of filmmakers.

Might not be of Clint Eastwood's bests, but "Million Dollar Baby" surely took the old man to a new scale in cinema history.