Director:
Clint EastwoodGuión:
Paul HaggisCámara:
Tom SternMúsica:
Clint EastwoodReparto:
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brían F. O'Byrne, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome (más)Streaming (2)
Sinopsis(1)
Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) ha entrenado y dirigido algunos luchadores increíbles, durante toda una vida pasada en el ring. La lección más importante que enseña a sus boxeadores es la que utiliza para su propia vida: por encima de todo, siempre debes protegerte. A consecuencia de su doloroso distanciamiento con su hija, Frankie no se ha permitido relacionarse con nadie por largo tiempo. Su único amigo es Scrap (Morgan Freeman), un ex-boxeador que se ocupa del gimnasio de Frankie y que sabe que debajo de su brusco carácter exterior, hay un hombre que siempre fue a misa, casi todos los días durante los últimos 23 años, buscando el perdón que no puede encontrar. Un día, Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) entra a su gimnasio. Maggie nunca ha tenido demasiado, pero al menos sabe lo que quiere y está dispuesta a hacer lo que haga falta para conseguirlo. En una vida de lucha constante, Maggie, con su meta inamovible y una tremenda fuerza de voluntad, ha conseguido llegar hasta dónde ha llegado con talento en bruto. Más que cualquier otra cosa, lo que ella desea, es encontrar a alguien que crea en ella. (Filmax)
(más)Reseñas (8)
Un convincente drama de cámara minimalista, pero que no me atrajo tanto como el más variado emocionalmente Un mundo perfecto. Pobre Martin Scorsese, que había trabajado tanto en cada detalle de su perfeccionista, aunque algo comedido El aviador. Debió de ser un duro golpe para él que su Óscar se lo llevara alguien que se había encerrado en un gimnasio durante unos días con sólo tres actores. Million Dollar Baby se sostiene sobre un tema sólido, las perlas del monólogo de Morgan Freeman y la magistral interpretación de Hilary Swank. El propio Clint Eastwood se limita a hacer más poses de hombre de acero con traumas en el alma y sólo recibe una nominación al Óscar de interpretación por su carisma, lo cual es injusto. Freeman está bien, pero también se limita a ser él mismo en lugar de interpretar algo grandioso. La fotografía y la dirección hacen maravillas dentro de las limitadas posibilidades presupuestarias. Una pequeña película muy bonita. Más sencilla y modesta que Mystic River pero igual de potente.
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It took me a long, long time to get into this film, because I felt that Eastwood was emotionally blackmailing me in the end. If only! This is one of the best films about human desire, courage without boundaries and especially the right to deal with one's life according to one's best knowledge and conscience. In the words of Piergiorgio Welby: "man has a right to life, but does not mean that man must live it at all costs", and I would see this as the main mission of Eastwood's work (and I would recommend it to all Catholics). Bravo Clint, bravo Hilary!
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A brilliantly directed and perhaps even better acted film that is not just about sport as it might initially seem. In some moments it pushes a little too hard on the emotions, but in many places it is naturally emotionally strong. And I wouldn’t want to get punched by Hillary Swank.
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So I finally caught up on on this film that I've been putting off for a long time due to ignoring women in martial arts and I'm pleasantly surprised. Weaker than Rocky better than Warrior. Clint Eastwood steals the whole film for himself, again playing the typical curmudgeon as in Gran Torino and winning me over, Hillary Swank is surprisingly good, though I didn't cheer or scream extra in the fights, and the ending is a bit too far-fetched; strong but surprisingly, it left me cold. I had fun. 80%
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An incredibly intense film of that is immensely moving, touching, comforting, and chilling, that nails you to your seat and doesn't let go until the final catharsis. Due to its emotional charge, it will never leave my mind, especially thanks to the captivating shadowplay that surround the gym and the three flawless performances that impressively stand out from it.
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A film that impressed me. First and foremost, it's not just a film about boxing, but about a person. As for Hilary Swank, she delivers the best performance I have seen in a very long time, and quite possibly the best female performance ever. Clint Eastwood directs again with his classic style. The film is accompanied by minimal music and takes place in suggestively raw environments, whether it be gloomy corners of hospital rooms or a dark gym. All of this creates an indescribable and unique atmosphere, even though it has a practically ordinary and sometimes predictable screenplay. For me, unequivocally the best film of the year.
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Million Dollar Baby is first and foremost a film that can mount real and infinitely varied human emotions onto a self-servingly moving and academically focused story. A hypnotic and intimate film where there is no talking, only listening in humility to a trio of diverse characters, carved by their own cruel pasts and mutual encounters, who for two hours become inseparable heralds of life's joys, hardships and deepest sorrow. It's not a film about boxing, it's a film about life – how it is understood by people who have been through something and know what is worth working, sweating, breathing and sinning for. We should listen to it. 95%
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I've had this film sitting on my shelf for a long time and I don't regret "dusting off the wrapper" and watching it. It's a powerful film with considerable depth that left me gasping at the beginning and then knocked me down with a boxing glove and I couldn't get up until the end. The acting is more than convincing, Morgan Freeman deserved the Oscar, and Hilary Swank would probably be second only to Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for me, she took her role seriously and I believed her. The plot is well constructed, and it's well complemented by the music and the supporting actors (Jay Baruchel, Margo Martindale). The plot is good and the ending, though partly predictable, is still well handled. In short, one of those films that I'll probably only watch once, but even after that one viewing, it will stay deep in my mind.
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