George's Blog: Million Dollar Baby (2004)

I saw this film one month ago approximately on TV. Is a dramatic film directed by Clint Eastwood. This film won the academy award 2004. The film stars Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman.

The history tell about a woman Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), a 31 years old waitress, that want to be a professional boxer. She trains daily in Frankie Dunn’s gym (Clint Eastwood) a famous trainer. She want to be trained by Dunn but he doesn’t train women. After a disappointment with another boxer disciple he decide to train Maggie. In the gym live and work Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman) an ex-boxer, without a eye, and Dunn’s old friend.

Maggie train very hard with Dunn, win very much fights and earn very much money. Until that she compete for women's welterweight champion where her opponent make her a foul and she (Maggie) brake her neck. She will be paralysed forever.

The film tell us that Maggie’s family is crap. Her mother, brother and sister only want her money and when she find out this situation, she reject them when they go to visit her to the hospital. In this condition Maggie decide that she want to die and she ask to Dunn the euthanasia. Dunn doesn’t accept it but she make suicide attempt. Then he accept her petition very sad because he love her like a daughter. Dunn inject her adrenalin overdose. Eddie relate the end of the film where it seems that Dunn go to retire and give up boxing but it isn’t very clear.