A review from That Guy Named David:

Million Dollar Baby (A-)

Since it's the awards season, I figured that I need to get on the ball and start watching some of the movies that will be winning awards over the next couple of months. Million Dollar Baby is definitely one of those movies. Essentially, it's a boxing movie that dips into serious issues much deeper than the sport itself. Issues of resiliency, poverty, importance of family, and life and death decisions are all packed into this 2-hour winner by Clint Eastwood. The performance by all three lead actors, Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Hillary Swank, are Oscar-worthy (and as demonstrated last night at the Golden Globes, Swank is a leading contender (no pun intended) for Best Actress). There is one section of the movie that gets a little sappy and slow, but in our theatre, this slowness was broken up by a woman who passed out, quit breathing, and had to be revived by CPR in the theatre. Seriously. She appeared to be better as they helped her out of the theatre, but it definitely added a different feel to the movie that will not be shared by everyone that goes to see it. Back to the movie, I would say it scores a knock-out, but that would be very cheesy and is not really my style (if I have a style). Overall, it's the best movie I have seen this year, but the year is only 3 weeks old.