Million Dollar Baby - (Eastwood;2004;USA) - ****
The best film I've seen all year. All the characters are developed very well with the acting to back them up. Eastwood is the best actor I've seen all year. Hilary Swank also shines in what I think is her best performance. The characters are all far from hollow, they are real. I can't decide if Freeman was better in this or 'Shawshank.' The ending was also right on the money, unlike Mystic River's which could have used a cut. I can't decide which of the two films is better but I can say MDB had the better end.
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