![]() ![]() ![]() Told with the kind of lyrical stoicism and rough-hewn sentimentality that suggests a gravel-voiced grandfather recounting war stories while chugging jiggers of scotch, Million Dollar Baby envisions an elegiac boulevard of broken dreams where characters drown in the spiritual anemia of noir shadows. The story of a woman who becomes a boxing sensation after winning the affections of her would-be manager, the film casts Hilary Swank as the David to Eastwood’s Goliath. Another act of faith from Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby may be the best American film of 2004. ![]()
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