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Million Dollar Baby (2004) Rank 2 Reviews

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Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for filethirteen.comfilethirteen.com
It's hard to believe that this standard, typical, tired boxing film has won so many accolades for its director, screenwriter and actors. There's nothing particularly new and interesting going on here and its only via the sheer star power of Clint ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at filethirteen.com
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The KO Picture ShowThe KO Picture Show
Even being an avowed Clint Eastwood fan, I was wary of this movie. It stems from my feelings about Clint's previous "critically acclaimed" directorial effort, "Mystic River". I can't lie... I couldn't stand that movie. Aside from what I felt were ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at The KO Picture Show
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for CinepassionCinepassion
Raging Bull will always have a spot in my all-time list, but I usually distrust boxing movies because, as with war movies, the camera has a tendency to turn human suffering into kinetic excitement even as it professes to deplore all the savagery. Not ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Cinepassion
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Tiscali UKTiscali UK
Million Dollar Baby cries out for Oscar recognition. Three Oscar winners (among them two bona fide legends) in a story of triumph against all the odds involving struggle, the will to succeed and personal redemption. Many American critics have already ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Tiscali UK
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Tony MedleyTony Medley
by Tony Medley Abandon Hope, all ye who enter here Dante Alighieri, "The Divine Comedy" According to Dante, this is the inscription over the entrance to hell. It should be the ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Tony Medley
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Images (Gary Johnson)Images (Gary Johnson)
I missed the movie on its original round of screenings in December. I had to wait until a January screening. By this time, the accolades had already started rolling in from far and wide, including awards for best picture, best director, and best actress ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Images (Gary Johnson)
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for World Socialist Web SiteWorld Socialist Web Site
His direction of actors varies wildly. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden and the rest in Mystic River gave poor, thoroughly misguided performances in a muddy, misanthropic work. Swank, a gifted performer, is more effective here because the ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at World Socialist Web Site
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for dvdfuture.com (Randy Spiros)dvdfuture.com (Randy Spiros)
I know I've been writng about how 2004 had been one of the worst years I can remember for movies and some other critics have been saying much the same thing. A good example of this is a small picture like "Sideways" being showered with accolades, ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at dvdfuture.com (Randy Spiros)
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
For those who have heard Eastwood's music for Mystic River, then be aware that Million Dollar Baby is a step back from the instrumental usage of that score. For this new project, Eastwood relies on 25 musicians (23 string, one piano, ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for State of the Arts (Emrys Hughes)State of the Arts (Emrys Hughes)
There are no huge surprises on the surface – you know from the moment she walks on screen that Maggie Fitzgerald (Swank) is going to be the one to punch her way out of poverty, as someone must in every boxing movie. Beneath the surface though (and ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at State of the Arts (Emrys Hughes)
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ninth symphony films ninth symphony films
After depressing the movie-going public with the harsh 2003 film, Mystic River, Clint Eastwood steps further into the darkness with his latest difficult cinematic offering, the boxing drama Million Dollar Baby. As was the case in Mystic, the lead ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at ninth symphony films
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Parent PreviewsParent Previews
Rather the movie is carefully crafted to justify the option of euthanasia and doesn't acknowledge the unavoidable consequences of this choice. In addition to these ethical dilemmas, families will find graphic depictions of other boxing injuries, ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Parent Previews
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for CineScene.com (Shari L. Rosenblum)CineScene.com (Shari L. Rosenblum)
There is a little bit of poetry to the hodgepodge of clichés that is Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood's tale of an over-the-hill trainer who takes on a girl fighter against his better instincts, but nearly all of it feels lifted from Frank ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at CineScene.com (Shari L. Rosenblum)
Million Dollar Baby (2004) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Salon (Charles Taylor)Salon (Charles Taylor)
At least when Burgess Meredith did this stuff in the "Rocky" movies he had the good hammy sense to treat it like the hokum it was. "Million Dollar Baby" is a piece of ham intended for those who keep kosher. Its dried-out, humorless achieved ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Salon (Charles Taylor)
 
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