Million Dollar Baby - 6

Written by Paul Haggis (Crash (2004)- 7), the film is really about a father and his daughter. Frankie, Clint Eastwood's character, takes on Maggie to train for competitive boxing. Through this their lives becomes more and more intertwined. In the end, it is really the only family that either of them has. It is a touching story that shows the transformation of the characters from antagonistic toward a loving relationship, and the joy and pain that go along with it. I realize this all sounds like the description off the back cover, but the story does sort of conform to this formula, with a somewhat more shocking ending. The cinematography is really good, like most Clint Eastwood movies they start out rather light and end in low light, not unlike the plot turns (Unforgiven - 6 and Mystic River - 6).