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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Clint Eastwood |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 28 January, 2005 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Language, Adult Situations, Autumnal, Bittersweet, Boxers, Cathartic, Color, Compassionate, Downbeat, Drama, Earthy, Elegiac, English, Feature, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, Forceful, Gritty, High Artistic Quality, Matter-of-Fact |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 3 |
| UPC: | 012569709980 |
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Customer Reviews of Million Dollar Baby (Three-Disc Collector's Edition)
Please enter a title for your review Best picture? Really? Against The Ropes had more flavor than this. I can't even tell if this is supposed to be set in present day or like 30+ years ago, or if that ambiguity is intentional. The old trainer dude makes some arbitrary statements about "pride" and "heart" intended to pass for wisdom, and the way the other boxers in the gym behave makes it seem like a prison for the mentally disabled. Swank's character's manner of speaking like Huck Finn makes her seem at home in the asylum atmosphere, but there is no exploration of her progression as a fighter, it's just like one minute the trainer says she knows nothing and then suddenly she's convincingly winning all her fights. And what is the title supposed to mean?
Soft and sweet, thoughtful and powerful...
It was only after I watched "$1M Baby" the second time, that it's power, via its simplicity, knocked me over. Eastwood has a way of allowing the audience to absorb the material, and, as mentioned in the extras, Paul Haggis' screenplay hadn't reached it's final draft before Eastwood decided that the primitive screenplay as it was would be more effective. It was a good decision. Characters are complete, and in the hands of the letter-perfect cast, there is no question about who these people are, what they want nor where they've been. Various plot twists keep things interesting, and there's a softness, even in the fight scenes, that makes you adore these people. Hilary Swank, once again, was in an Oscar race with Annette Bening. She deserved both. Excellent film!
Million Dollar Hilary!
While I'm not into women's boxing, per-se, this was nonetheless quite a powerful movie. The plot has an unexpected twist in it, and I would admonish people who view this movie NOT to find out what the twist is before watching it.
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>I swear, you could dress Clint Eastwood up in a pink dress, put little girly hairpins in his hair and he would STILL be more macho than the lot of we men. In this film, he portrays a past-his-prime boxing trainer who is without any top-notch contenders to teach.
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>Hilary Swank is a girl who shows up @ the gym some day, pays her dues and wants to get a trainer. Eastwood's character is reluctant to be her manager as he's never dealt with women boxers below. However, in the end her charm wins him over.
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>Morgan Freeman is great as an over-the-hill boxer who had a very bad experience in his final bout. His character is kind of the "stabilizing force" of the movie.
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>Hilary is toned & buff for the film. She looks sexy even with a broken nose and blood all over her face. On top of that, she's an accomplished actress. This will be one of the most memorable roles in this timespan of her career, although I have a feeling she will still be active as an actress in her 50's & 60's.
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>This is a sports movie, but it is a very atypical one. It is as much about Hilary's character as it is about her boxing prowess. Hilary portrays a girl trying to break away from poverty, and the thing she is best at is boxing. There is perhaps more character development in this film than any other movie I know of. That's always a plus for a sports film!