4. Million Dollar Baby
Rotten Tomatoes: 4.5 stars
Females everywhere rejoiced when Million Dollar Baby came out, chanting “girls fight too,” and then immediately regretting all of it directly after the show.
What makes this film great though is that it doesn’t end the way that every other boxing movie ends (American flag draped over the shoulders with fist held high).
Maggie, the protagonist, actually gets hurt in an illegal, freak incident.
But that’s not even the end of the move. The last few (long) scenes show Maggie agonizing over her life in the hospital bed, mixed with her mom attempting to take her money and suicide attempts. And then…it’s over?
Seems like the perfect cuddling movie to me.
