Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory. Beyond their journey, there is a love.
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
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- Suicide or self-harm
- Bleak ending
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Character
Earnest, overwhelming, contemporary and grave.
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
Who loves it, who doesn't
52 profiled raters. Loved most by The Genre Devotees; disliked most by The Empaths.
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Cast
- Clint EastwoodFrankie Dunn
- Hilary SwankMaggie Fitzgerald
- Morgan FreemanEddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
- Jay BaruchelDanger Barch
- Mike ColterBig Willie Little
- Lucia RijkerBillie 'The Blue Bear'
- Brían F. O'ByrneFather Horvak
- Anthony MackieShawrelle Berry
- Margo MartindaleEarline Fitzgerald
- Riki LindhomeMardell Fitzgerald
Crew
- Clint EastwoodDirector
- Paul HaggisScreenplay
- Tom SternDirector of Photography
- Clint EastwoodOriginal Music Composer
- Joel CoxEditor
- Paul HaggisProducer
- Albert S. RuddyProducer
- Clint EastwoodProducer
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