Clint Eastwood has been directing movies for almost 40 years now but it seems like until recently – last decade or so – not many people noticed this fact nor did they care all that much despite him being awarded the Oscar for best Director in 1992 for The Unforgiven. The producers must love him, he never goes over schedule or over budget as a director, often even stays below. Now he seems to become one of the worlds best known directors, not bad considering that he is 80 now. Million Dollar Baby came in the wake of the critically very successful Mystic River and was bound to attract a lot of attention. Million Dollar Baby got the same amount of critical praise and financial success. To be honest, I was not impressed for it. The story is too stereotypical, standard and the ending is overtly melodramatic, meant to make people feel. I wasn’t impressed with neither Clint Eastwood’s or Hilary Swank’s acting. Morgan Freeman is always fun to see but he wasn't doing anything that he hasn't done a million times before. The whole thing is just emotional blackmail, many people responded well. Perhaps all movies are emotional blackmail but this one was a bit too much. If you do not care, people might think that you have no human emotions. The whole thing is just emotional blackmail and nothing more. I would recommend you to watch The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky instead.
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