"Million Dollar Baby" is Eastwood's 25th film as a director, and his best. Million Dollar Baby Classic blends function with style to thoughtfully create cribs, dressers, and seating for baby and beyond. Elegant and sophisticated baby furniture created by a family for families. Million Dollar Baby is aesthetically and emotionally a dark movie that ultimately falls short because every rough edge is softened by a cliché. Yes, " Mystic River " is a great film, but this one finds the simplicity and directness of classical storytelling; it is the kind of movie where you sit very quietly in the theater and are … With Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel. The movie caused a great deal of controversy. A description of tropes appearing in Million Dollar Baby. Toole, and was adapted for the screen by Paul Haggis. A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. Margaret Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) is a down-and-out … A 2004 film directed by Clint Eastwood. Million Dollar Baby was based on stories in Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner (2000), written by veteran boxing trainer and manager Jerry Boyd under the pen name F.X.