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Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brían F. O'Byrne, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome (więcej)Opisy(1)
Współczesna historia 30-letniej kobiety Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), która próbuje osiągnąć sukces w kobiecym boksie zawodowym. Film rozpoczyna się, gdy stara się ona dostać się pod opiekę uznanego trenera, Frankie Dunn'a (Clint Eastwood), ten jednak jest bardzo niechętny pomysłowi i stanowczo odmawia. Zdeterminowana Maggie nie poddaje się i bez zgody trenera przychodzi na treningi. Nieoficjalnie stara jej się pomóc klubowy sprzątacz Scrap (Morgan Freeman), przyjaciel trenera. Na skutek nacisków przyjaciela i widząc zaangażowanie i poświęcenie Maggie, Frankie decyduje się jej pomóc. Podczas treningów pomiędzy Maggie i trenerem zawiązuje się przyjaźń i relacja "ojciec-córka". Wkrótce przyjdzie im stawić czoła walce, w której trzeba będzie czegoś więcej niż serce i odwaga. (Best Film)
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A film that impressed me. First and foremost, it's not just a film about boxing, but about a person. As for Hilary Swank, she delivers the best performance I have seen in a very long time, and quite possibly the best female performance ever. Clint Eastwood directs again with his classic style. The film is accompanied by minimal music and takes place in suggestively raw environments, whether it be gloomy corners of hospital rooms or a dark gym. All of this creates an indescribable and unique atmosphere, even though it has a practically ordinary and sometimes predictable screenplay. For me, unequivocally the best film of the year.
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It took me a long, long time to get into this film, because I felt that Eastwood was emotionally blackmailing me in the end. If only! This is one of the best films about human desire, courage without boundaries and especially the right to deal with one's life according to one's best knowledge and conscience. In the words of Piergiorgio Welby: "man has a right to life, but does not mean that man must live it at all costs", and I would see this as the main mission of Eastwood's work (and I would recommend it to all Catholics). Bravo Clint, bravo Hilary!
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Million Dollar Baby is an impressive minimalistic chamber drama, but it didn’t appeal to me as much as the more emotionally diverse A Perfect World. Poor Martin Scorsese, who was so successful with every detail of his perfectionistic, though somewhat reserved The Aviator. It must have been a painful blow for him to have his Oscar taken by someone who merely locked himself in a gym with three actors for a few days. Million Dollar Baby is built on a strong subject, monologue gems by Morgan Freeman and a masterful acting performance by Hilary Swank. Clint Eastwood himself merely poses as a tough guy with a troubled soul and got an Oscar nomination for best actor based solely on his charisma, which isn’t fair. Freeman is fine, though he’s only being himself instead of doing any great acting. The cinematography and directing are miraculous given the limited budget. A very nice little film. Simpler and more modest than Mystic River, but just as powerful.
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An incredibly intense film of that is immensely moving, touching, comforting, and chilling, that nails you to your seat and doesn't let go until the final catharsis. Due to its emotional charge, it will never leave my mind, especially thanks to the captivating shadowplay that surround the gym and the three flawless performances that impressively stand out from it.
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So I finally caught up on on this film that I've been putting off for a long time due to ignoring women in martial arts and I'm pleasantly surprised. Weaker than Rocky better than Warrior. Clint Eastwood steals the whole film for himself, again playing the typical curmudgeon as in Gran Torino and winning me over, Hillary Swank is surprisingly good, though I didn't cheer or scream extra in the fights, and the ending is a bit too far-fetched; strong but surprisingly, it left me cold. I had fun. 80%
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