Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood has produced and directed a masterpiece of cinema. But unlike so many films that garner the love of the critics, it not a film about the virtues of sleaze, narcissism, crime or the demise of virtue. It is a simple and moving film about hope, courage and the overwhelming power of will. It shows the ways that love can both cripple and redeem us. And it sends you away remembering that what you get is determined by what you're willing to pay.

Life isn't about the amount of breaths in your life, it's about the amount of life in your breaths.

No film is loved by everyone. If you don't like boxing, stay home. If you don't want to watch the agony of imperfect people making the best of imperfect lives, stay home. If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch. Because this film is one of the big dogs. And I mean that in the best possible way.

This film reminds of us of an important truth. Sacrifice is the road to glory.

Write that down. It's important.