Scrap plays Cupid and friend to both, a more loyal confessor than the priest. We don't know why she's set her sights on the resistant Frank, but in him she finds the father figure she misses while he knows taking her on could open him to the emotional pain he has experienced with his own child. She calls herself trash and gives a family litany that includes a brother in prison, a welfare cheating sister and a mother who weighs over 300 pounds. At thirty-one, Frank tells her she's too old, but Maggie insists that boxing is the only thing that makes her feel good. Maggie provides her own sketchy back story.
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Frank doesn't just bear guilt over his daughter, but for Scrap, who lost an eye after insisting Frank continue to patch him up during a fight. 'Show me a fighter that's nothing but heart and I'll show you a man waiting for a beating' is one of them, but ironically it is Frank's over-protectiveness and caution in entering his boxers in title fights that have cost him influence and a higher profile in the sport. Frank's background is provided by Scrap in voice-over narration and he shares many of Frank's philosophies. He goes to Mass almost daily, then delights in needling Father Horvak (Brian O'Byrne, "Intermission") over his faith's mysteries ('Can you spare a few minutes for the Immaculate Conception?'). Frank is a man ridden by guilt over his estranged relationship with his daughter (his weekly letters come back stamped 'Return to Sender').
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Eastwood the actor has never been better and Swank displays an aggressive physical transformation and athletic ability. Frank witnesses Maggie being mishandled by a manager he suggested and can't help himself - he takes her on and turns her into a "Million Dollar Baby." Laura: Clint Eastwood's graceful direction of this old-fashioned boxing flick reveals it for what it really is - a three-way character study that observes all the conflicting emotions that coexist with love. Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank, "Boys Don't Cry") walks in wanting to be a fighter, but Frank outright refuses to train 'a girl.' Maggie shows promise, though, getting tips from gym custodian Scrap (Morgan Freeman, "Unforgiven"), one of Frank's ex-boxers and best friend.
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Boxing trainer Frank Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is one of the best in the business, but he and his Hit Pit Gym are showing signs of wear.