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Clint EastwoodArgumento:
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Clint EastwoodElenco:
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brían F. O'Byrne, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome (mais)Sinopses(1)
Eastwood stars in the role of Frankie Dunn, a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager who spends the twilight years of his life running a small, dilapidated gym in downtown Los Angeles. Frankie's previous career was blighted by an injury to one of his prize fighters, Scrap (Morgan Freeman), who lost the sight in his right eye during a particularly brutal bout; Scrap now wiles away the hours working as a cleaner in Frankie's gym. Wary of similar occurrences being inflicted on the prestigious young talent that passes before him, Frankie lets a succession of great boxers slip through his fingers. But when the brash, confident young boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) strides into the gym, Frankie's life is irretrievably altered. Initially refusing to train Maggie due to her gender and age, Frankie relents when faced with her tenacity, spirit, and burning ambition. The combination of Maggie's talent and Frankie's tutelage paves the way for the adroit fighter to rise steadily through the ranks of women's boxing, with the unlikely coupling forming a genuinely touching bond in the process. (texto oficial do distribuidor)
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Um drama íntimo minimalista e convincente, mas que não me cativou tanto como o emocionalmente mais variado Um Mundo Perfeito. Coitado Martin Scorsese, que se preocupou tanto com todos os pormenores do seu perfecionista, ainda que um pouco frio, O Aviador. Deve ter sido um golpe forte para ele ver o seu Óscar ser roubado por alguém que, com apenas três atores, se fechou num ginásio durante alguns dias. Million Dollar Baby baseia-se num tema forte, nas pérolas do monólogo de Morgan Freeman e na atuação maravilhosa de Hilary Swank. O próprio Clint Eastwood só faz mais poses de homem de aço com traumas na alma e só é nomeado para o Óscar de ator pelo seu carisma - o que é injusto. Freeman é bom, mas também é ele próprio, em vez de mostrar uma grande atuação. A câmara e a direção fazem milagres com o orçamento limitado. Um pequeno filme muito bonito. Mais simples e mais modesto do que Mystic River, mas igualmente poderoso.
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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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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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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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An incredibly intense film of immense emotion, 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 shrouds the gymnasium and the three flawless performances that impressively stand out from it.
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