Boxing

Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules life: above all, always protect yourself. In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. His only friend, Scrap, an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie's gym, knows that beneath his gruff exterior is a man who has been seeking, for the past 25 years, the forgiveness that somehow continues to elude him. Then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym and then his life changes. When Frankie sees that Maggie is a girl, he tells her to get out of the gym because he doesn’t train girls. Maggie bothers Frankie for a long time until Frankie says yes to train her. While training Maggie, Frankie gets attached and they become like father and daughter. Maggie is like the daughter that Frankie never had. Later in the movie Maggie is cheap shotted by another boxer and is paralyzed neck down. Frankie later finds out that getting attached will hurt one another.

Clint Eastwood did a great as a director and actor. Even though you could see in the beginning of the movie that Frankie was going to train Maggie anyway because she was a girl, he did a great job portraying his role. But as a director he could have made the movie a little bit better. He made it to obvious that Frankie was going to give in. In the movie he became to soft to fast to Maggie. In the beginning he was a hardass and after a period of time he became soft and

wasn’t tough at all. Hilary Swank playing the role of a white trash girl, looking for some life and to persure her dream did a great job. She tried to prove that she was a good daughter to her family by buying a house for them. Her mother didn’t want the house; she was greedy and wanted money. She wasn’t even embarrassed by asking her daughter for the money. Overall Hilary swank did a great job playing her role. Lastly, Morgan Freeman did a great job playing his role of a side-kick to Frankie. He was more of the nice guy and wanted to help everyone. He is the one that convinced Frankie of training Maggie. He is a very nice guy and portrayed his role very well.

I recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in sports. The movie shows how not to give up. Maggie Fitzpatrick has enough courage to not let Frankie get