You would cry with pain taking her away and drops of tears will dry finally, feeling the trauma of a man who lost his only star. Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman created a magic in script directed by Eastwood himself- a movie that was itself a million dollar baby.
Maggie played by Swank is an amateur boxer who wants to make it big. She meets an under-rated coach Dunn (Eastwood) who is suffering a bad relationship with his daughter. Though initially reluctant Dunn; on persuasion of a friend Dupris (Freeman), decides to coach her.
During coaching both forms a strong bond of friendship and Dunn feels fatherly towards her. She works hard and excels in the game till her journey to success comes to a halt by a fatal accident ruining her spinal cord. Her suffering takes a lot out of Dunn and finally he decides to give her mercy death.
In scenes, movie show the struggle of two leading men in their lives and psyche, struggle of a woman who wants to carve a niche for herself in the field of women-boxing, apathy of her family and their selfishness and the struggle of a under-rated coach and a desperate sportsperson.
The climax will steal your heart. The expression on the face of fatherly coach while giving fatal dose of medicine to a ravaged paralyzed soul is unexplainable. He wants to kill her, not to do away with his guilt but to relieve her from a life of vegetable. Both the actors deserve applause for it.
Swank and Eastwood raised their bar with this movie. Freeman, like always; did justice to his complex character. The movie received extremely favorable reviews and applause at Oscars and Golden Globes. It won four Oscars and two Golden Globes for the exceptional performances. However, the movie was heavily criticized for supporting euthanasia (mercy-killing). Eastwood; at a point, said that it (euthanasia) was far better than killing with a gun in hand, something he did for a large part of his screen life.
The movie will always be remembered for the strong performances. One of the best movies of its decade…
For The Reel; Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
Maggie played by Swank is an amateur boxer who wants to make it big. She meets an under-rated coach Dunn (Eastwood) who is suffering a bad relationship with his daughter. Though initially reluctant Dunn; on persuasion of a friend Dupris (Freeman), decides to coach her.
During coaching both forms a strong bond of friendship and Dunn feels fatherly towards her. She works hard and excels in the game till her journey to success comes to a halt by a fatal accident ruining her spinal cord. Her suffering takes a lot out of Dunn and finally he decides to give her mercy death.
In scenes, movie show the struggle of two leading men in their lives and psyche, struggle of a woman who wants to carve a niche for herself in the field of women-boxing, apathy of her family and their selfishness and the struggle of a under-rated coach and a desperate sportsperson.
The climax will steal your heart. The expression on the face of fatherly coach while giving fatal dose of medicine to a ravaged paralyzed soul is unexplainable. He wants to kill her, not to do away with his guilt but to relieve her from a life of vegetable. Both the actors deserve applause for it.
Swank and Eastwood raised their bar with this movie. Freeman, like always; did justice to his complex character. The movie received extremely favorable reviews and applause at Oscars and Golden Globes. It won four Oscars and two Golden Globes for the exceptional performances. However, the movie was heavily criticized for supporting euthanasia (mercy-killing). Eastwood; at a point, said that it (euthanasia) was far better than killing with a gun in hand, something he did for a large part of his screen life.
The movie will always be remembered for the strong performances. One of the best movies of its decade…
For The Reel; Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
3 comments:
hi.
MDB was a wonderful muvi. good to see some really good movies on review. keep the good work going...
Rite said. awesome movie. check out swanks boys don cry...
Rajiv
Boys don cry is awesome... really
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