Million Dollar Baby Essay

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The movie that will be examined in this critical film review is Million Dollar Baby. Million Dollar Baby was set back in time with a girl wanting to fit but the trainer did not want to train her. In the beginning of the movie, Frankie the trainer did not want to teach her how to fight because he does not train girls. As the movie progresses, Eddie “scrap”, a back in the day amazing fighter was able to convince Frankie to take Maggie and train her to be the best. When Frankie starts to train Maggie, one can tell that there is a father/daughter relationship between the two of them all the way up until the end of the movie. Both Frankie and Maggie have negative pasts; Frankie’s past being his daughter wanting nothing to do with him, and Maggie’s …show more content…

During the movie, Frankie was training Willy one of the best fighters in the world at the time but was not risking putting Willy into the world championship fight. Due to this Willy left, which caused Frankie a lot of pain and he agreed to take on Maggie for that redemption of losing Willy. Eddie redeemed himself when he managed to knock out Shawrelle, a younger fighter that was practicing in the ring. Furthermore, Eddie was the narrator of the movie describing himself in the process and what he went through (Orr, 2005). The second theme is second chances that get everyone where they want to be even if the end does not work out, it’s the process of getting there. Frankie got a second chance to improve someone and take her to the world championships against a girl that played very dirty in the ring. He stood by her side every chance he got and showed her how to be a true fighter and the best. With his own problems that were happening with his daughter and her returning his letters back to him unopened he saw his second chance in Maggie. Moreover, fighting was Maggie’s second chance, since she has had a rough childhood with her father dying at such a young age and her mother being very ungrateful. Maggie was determined to become the best and she almost had her shot at being the best. Everyone in life deserves a second chance whether they chose to use it in a positive or negative way that is up to

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