Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. It is the story of an under-appreciated boxing trainer, his elusive past, and his quest for atonement by helping an underdog amateur female boxer (the film's title character) achieve her dream of becoming a professional. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best...
Frankie begins teaching Maggie, and she already messes up by asking questions.
Scrap is narrating about how Frankie feels about boxing. He doesn't like his...
Frankie finally disconnects Maggie's air machine, and tells her what "mo cuis...
Maggie tells Frankie the story of how her dad put her old dog, Axel, to sleep.
Frankie gets mad at Maggie for asking questions when he first begins training...
Scrap tries to be positive, but Frankie just blames him for Maggie's injury.
Frankie is praying at night, for the Lord to protect Katy and Annie, and he b...
Frankie finally tells Maggie what mo cuishle means before he disconnects her ...
Maggie and Frankie are driving home together and she tells him that he's all ...
Scrap narrates about how to train a boxer, make them forget everything they k...
Frankie tells Maggie that he'll find someplace where the doctors can help her.
Scrap narrates that Frankie wants his boxers to take a step back, but sometim...
Danger repeats what Scrap told him earlier, that anybody can lose one fight. ...
Frankie makes fun of Scrap and then asks him if he's gonna cry.
Scrap narrates about how to train a fighter.
Scrap narrates about how hard Frankie tried to help find someone to fix Maggie.
Scrap narrating the last lines, referring to Katy, Frankie's daughter.
Frankie finally lets Maggie tell him what she would like to do instead of alw...
Maggie says that she was right when she told Frank they'd fly there, and driv...
Frankie goes to church every week but still doesn't have a very good grasp on...
Scrap punches out Shawrelle after he picks a fight with Danger, and counts it...
Scrap hears Danger fighting and getting beat up badly, so he breaks up the fi...
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