The Clint Eastwood movie Roger Ebert called "a masterpiece"
Roger Ebert was a fan of most of Clint Eastwood's movies, even ones that other critics disliked. However, there was one movie that he was utterly in awe of.
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Sun 2 February 2025 16:15, UK
Film critic Roger Ebert was a fan of Clint Eastwood. He considered the actorâs breakthrough film, Sergio Leoneâs The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, to be one of the greatest movies of all time, and raved about his directorial effort, Mystic River. He was even one of the few critics who gave pretty unequivocal praise to the filmmakerâs 2011 biopic of FBI head J Edgar Hoover.
The only Eastwood film that Ebert couldnât abide was the 1989 action comedy Pink Cadillac, which the critic felt was problematic in its handling of white supremacy. In a sea of rave reviews, it might be difficult to ascertain which Eastwood movie Ebert loved most, but luckily, he made the task pretty easy by heaping particularly effusive, downright glowing praise on one specific film.
In 2005, Eastwood released Million Dollar Baby, a sports drama about a young amateur boxer, played by Hilary Swank, who tries to turn pro with the help of an irascible trainer, played by the director, and a former boxer played by Morgan Freeman.
On the face of it, the film could have easily been a familiar rehashing of the Rocky story in which an underdog makes it to the big time and attains glory through one pivotal match, but Eastwood took it to depths of pain and tragedy so deep that it hardly emerges looking like a sports film at all.
Ebert was floored by it. âClint Eastwoodâs Million Dollar Baby is a masterpiece, pure and simple, deep and true,â he wrote in his review, calling it âthe best film of the year.â He was particularly in awe of how Eastwood managed to plumb the depths of life and death, ecstasy and despair, without ever conjuring unnecessary sentimentality. The director is famous for the spare, unfussy way he works, and in the case of Million Dollar Baby, that style yielded a story so precisely and directly told that it is far more moving than an emotionally manipulative tearjerker.
Million Dollar Baby is one of Eastwoodâs purest expressions of personal authorship. Although cinema is an inherently collaborative medium, he has always sought to be the controlling force behind his movies ever since he stepped behind the camera in the 1970s. Aside from directing and starring in Million Dollar Baby, he co-produced and scored it. Although he had brought many critically acclaimed hits to the big screen before then, it was a decisive turning point in his career, or the peak, depending on how you view his later work.
For Ebert, it was nothing short of flawless, unburdened by gratuitous drama or special effects and centred on three perfectly acted characters. He was far from alone in his overt adoration of the movie. It was nominated for seven Oscars, including for directing, âBest Picture,â âBest Actressâ for Swank, âBest Supporting Actorâ for Freeman, and âBest Actorâ for Eastwood. It won four, including âBest Director,â âBest Picture,â and both acting awards for Swank and Freeman.
Eastwood has made 15 movies since then, but it remains a high watermark in his filmography and perfectly encapsulates his strengths as a filmmaker.Â
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