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Million Dollar Baby (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
from Warner Home Video
starring Jay Baruchel, Marcus Chait, Mike Colter, Joe D'Angerio, Morgan Eastwood

Features:

• AC-3
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• 3.5 stars out of 4
  The Bottom Line:
  Marred only by an unfortunate subplot involving a mentally-deficient boxer, Million Dollar Baby is a powerful look at three characters that pulls no punches and takes its story to an emotionally honest conclusion; a deserved Oscar-winner, it is well worth a watch.

• Could Not Look Away
  ***** Spoiler Alert *****
  Hats off to Mr. Eastwood for getting me to watch a film about women's boxing. I believe that boxing (regardless of gender) is largely barbaric and distasteful.
  Add to that, women's boxing is made up in part by ex-prostitutes and ex-strippers, which means that we are heading into degrading territory. Even Frankie deemed female boxing a freak show, rendering him highly reluctant to get involved.
  The true heart of this movie is a father-figure daughter-figure love... more info

• The best movie I've ever seen...
  And that is saying a lot...because I consider myself to be a lover of movies...This ranks right alongside if not above Braveheart, The Godfather, and E.T. I can't say it is the movie I liked the most...but it is SO well acted...so well directed...and the story, although seemingly contrived worked for me. Swank has proved that she is in a class all by herself, with her second Oscar and quite possibly the best female performance I can EVER remember...it is the subtleties of her portrayal that makes this... more info

• The Characters are Great!
  Do not let anyone tell you that this is not a film about boxing as some critics have said - it is, or at least 85% of it is. But, whether you are boxing fan or not (and I am definitely not!) this is a great film, that is brilliantly acted and directed with the three main characters being stand-outs. Firstly, Clint Eastwood's acting and direction are peerless, while Morgan Freeman brilliantly plays his part in an understated way, but what a performance by Hilary Swank - the Academy had to give her the Oscar.... more info

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