Million Dollar Baby

"'Million Dollar Baby' is the best movie released by a major Hollywood studio this year, and not because it is the grandest, the most ambitious or even the most original. On the contrary: it is a quiet, intimately scaled three-person drama directed in a patient, easygoing style" 

"As good as 'Unforgiven'. Or, to put it another way, as good as any movie Eastwood has ever directed.(…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"'Million Dollar Baby' feel so wonderfully antiquated, so blissfully free of postmodern cleverness (...) As Maggie, Swank is a package of dynamite" 

"[Eastwood] is at the mercy of his scripts. But in 'Million Dollar Baby' he's got a terrific one (...) The performances of the three leads are perfect" 

"Staying at the top of his game when most of his contemporaries have long since hung up their gloves, Clint Eastwood delivers another knockout punch with 'Million Dollar Baby.'" 

"'Million Dollar Baby' is a masterpiece, pure and simple, deep and true (...) Hilary Swank is astonishing as Maggie. Every note is true (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"[It] may be the best American film of 2004 (...) While 'Million Dollar Baby' carries a hefty spiritual load, it’s also very funny (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"