I do not like fighting movies - in fact I despise them almost as much as movies where animals are mistreated but yet I watch them because every so often we are blessed with absolute and complete poignant brilliance like Million Dollar Baby. Every step of this film exudes talent. Nick Nolte, Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton are separately strong but together they reach a height that is rarely seen - they ARE the Conlons...... they live and exude and breathe this family and all their tragedy and challenges.....
The pacing is perfect, the supporting cast, the cinematography - all aspects are great and the right amount of unique but it is the characterisations that are brilliant - anyone who has endured a family ravaged by addiction will completely relate and especially to the sheer helplessness and brokenness the children feel.
The ending is perfect and - Ignore the haters who are too superficial to understand why it had to be that way.......
The pacing is perfect, the supporting cast, the cinematography - all aspects are great and the right amount of unique but it is the characterisations that are brilliant - anyone who has endured a family ravaged by addiction will completely relate and especially to the sheer helplessness and brokenness the children feel.
The ending is perfect and - Ignore the haters who are too superficial to understand why it had to be that way.......