Million Dollar Baby

My housemate is a movie holic girl who is working as an editor,

and she sometimes asks me to watch DVD together. 'Million Dollar Baby'

was the movie chosen this time.






Maggie Fitzgerald, the main character of this movie,

is a 31-year-old poor waitress who dreams of being

a successful boxer. Unfortunatly, statistics are not on her side.

Obviously, she is minority of society.

She wasn't accepted by her family (specially her selfish mother)

her coach in the first pace and society.

The reason why she is struggling to survive in that society is

that she is a poor woman who is 'not young anymore'.


She kept asking Frank Dunn who is a boxing trainer to teach

how to start boxing. Frank had refused her because of the reason that he

didn't want to train 'girls' for 6 months. However she didn't give up doing

part time job and traing together. She bought a boxing bag by many coins

eventhought she had to eat left-over food.


Finally, she moved Frank, and he decided to train her.


She




These two people have a common which means

'We are refused, and we are minority'.

Maggie doesn't have any family in the real meaning.

She was refused to get a quality of life, family and coach.

Frank was refused to contract his daughter, and his fighter

left him to get more money.


These two people who met. Their friendship is stronger that any

blood-bond relationship noy only their family relationship,

but also in this world.

They make people think that the real meaning of family.


(I am going to mention the ending of this movie, so if you don't want to see,

you'd better skip this part.)





This movie is not a hero movie. It doesn't give you any hope like

'I can be a super star'.