'Million Dollar Baby'

Starring: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Christina Cox
Director: Clint Eastwood
MPAA rating: PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images, thematic material and language
Running time: 137 minutes
Release date: January 28
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The story: In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, boxing trainer Frankie (Eastwood) has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. Then Maggie Fitzgerald (Swank) walks into his gym. Maggie's gotten herself this far on raw talent, unshakable focus and a tremendous force of will. But more than anything, what she wants is for someone to believe in her.

Chris Garcia, AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN: 
"Eastwood is an artist of simple tastes and streamlined vision, and he more than most directors is willing to burrow deep and hard to pin down truth."
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PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: 
"... 'Million Dollar Baby' serves up the conventions of the boxing movie with absolute finesse — with relish, even — and then goes deep and dark into themes that strike at the core of human experience."
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HOUSTON CHRONICLE: 
"... this is an old-fashioned movie. It feels like the kind of film Eastwood might've watched as a teenager in the 1940s, and even then the cliches were old. 'Million Dollar Baby' can get away with cliches, however, because instead of Jimmy Cagney or John Garfield in boxing trunks, it has Hilary Swank, and it pivots on issues films of the 1940s wouldn't touch."
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