Why watch a movie about swarmy chick boxer? Got nothing better to do with your time?
Dated Dec. 25, 2004. I also think that I posted it here on FR at that time.
"........recent release of "Million Dollar Baby," the new Clint Eastwood film that trailers artfully convey as an endearing relationship movie between a gritty boxing manager and an even grittier female boxer wannabe, a sort of million-to-one-odds story that, viewers were assured, would have them in for a good ole sentimental cry perfect for the Christmas season."
"David Sterritt of the Christian Science Monitor rhapsodized that the "love story"
towers over other year-end movies." Its a very hard movie to review, he said, "since it hinges on a plot twist I'd rather not give away." Hint, hint."
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/12/24/161745.shtml