Directed by Clint EastwoodStarring Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome, Michael Pena, and Bruce MacVittie
It's good. It shouldn't have won. I've always found Eastwood and Swank a little overrated, and their work in this one isn't any different. For whatever reason, boxing movies have managed to break free of the "sports movie" mold and find critical success outside of the genre, and this movie is a fine example of a boxing film. The movie suffers at times from the lack of subtlty in Paul Haggis's script, a problem that would plague the next year's Best Picture winner even more. Morgan Freeman turns in one of the best performances of his illustrious career, and Eastwood and Swank, while overrated, are both good as well. This is definitely a movie worth seeing, but The Aviator was better.
Other nominees: The Aviator (Martin Scorsese), Finding Neverland (Marc Forster), Ray (Taylor Hackford), and Sideways (Alexander Payne)
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