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Million Dollar Baby (2004)

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All Time

of 190,142

85

2000's

of 34,011

6

2004

of 10,037

1
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  57
  
  Drama of 2004
  
  of 1,565
  
  1
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,649
  
  3
Sports
- Sports All Time
  
  of 1,162
  
  1
  
  Sports of 2004
  
  of 26
  
  1
  
  Sports of the 2000's
  
  of 233
  
  1

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Million Dollar Baby (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.5316

Avg Critic Score:3.5372

Million Dollar Baby (2004) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" is a masterpiece, pure and simple, deep and true. It tells the story of an aging fight trainer and a hillbilly girl who thinks she can be a boxer. ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

When everybody was falling all over themselves trying to out-rave everybody else in their reviews of Mystic River, I couldn't quite get a bead on what the hubbub was about. I thought the movie had its moments but, overall, was wildly overrated. ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

The 74-year-old Clint Eastwood ("Play Misty For Me"-1971, the first film he directed) directs, stars, produces, and writes the score for this brilliant drama about boxing, unlikely friendships, and redemption. ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

What a marvelous return to form Clint Eastwood has made following the disaster of Blood Work. ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

I deem a movie to be worthwhile if I need time to recover after seeing it. Million Dollar Baby is such a film. It does not easily release the viewer, and it demands a time of reflection and contemplation afterwards. ...read the complete Million Dollar Baby movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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DVD Verdict (Joe Armenio)

In his old age, Eastwood has started to take on projects of rare power and bleakness: I admired the ambition of 2003's Mystic River, even though the director's grasp of the story seemed to slip at times and he was too indulgent of Sean Penn's...read the complete Million Dollar Baby (2004) review at DVD Verdict (Joe Armenio)

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MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)

Million Dollar Baby tells an inspiring and engaging story from start to finish. There aren't many plot twists or anything, but watching the characters experience success and drama comes across very realistically and dramatically in terms of directing...read the complete Million Dollar Baby (2004) review at MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)

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filethirteen.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 (2004) review at filethirteen.com

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Salon.com (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 (2004) review at Salon.com (Charles Taylor)

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Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)

An early scene in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby suggests that the film has more on its mind than the expertly crafted boxing-movie clichés that fill most of the first two acts. Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), a grizzled veteran boxing coach and owner...read the complete Million Dollar Baby (2004) review at Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)

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