Swank won Best Actress (her second win), Freeman won Best Supporting Actor and Eastwood won for Best Director. “Million Dollar Baby” won several Oscars - and they were well-deserved. I broke that rule last weekend while scrolling through Netflix. I saw it in the theatres 16 years ago and while I loved every minute of it, I vowed I would never watch it again. “Million Dollar Baby” is one of those films that will stick with you for quite some time. If you haven’t seen the film, I’m not going to spoil it for you here.

That’s where “Million Dollar Baby” takes a surprising and very dark turn. Before you know it, she’s the sweetheart of the boxing world and getting a title shot against Billy “The Blue Bear” Osterman (Lucia Rijkaer). Maggie quickly works her way up the ranks of the women’s boxing scene. He gives her a nickname Mo Chuisle (misspelled in the film as “mo cuishle”), which the crowd chants when she enters the ring and in some scenes, during her matches. The bond between Maggie and Dunn is undeniable. She doesn’t get a lot of work in during the fights because she is so good, knocking out her opponents in the first round - usually. Much to Dunn’s chagrin, he begins managing her.Īlmost immediately, Maggie begins dominating fights. Dunn finds Maggie a manager, but things don’t go as planned and he has to intervene.

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