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Title: A movie that isn't sure what it's about
Review: Million Dollar Baby is a movie that makes a strong start in one direction...but then does an abrupt turn and heads in another direction. Either story it's trying to tell could be interesting, but the first story lacks a proper ending, and the second story is poorly developed.The movie is framed by a narrative device that ends up being extremely contrived. At one point, the narrator has to magically be present to observe something going on so he can narrate about it, when there's no reason for him to be present, and then he seems to teleport back to another location. This movie is overall poorly conceived, and the fact that it won best picture is more indicative of the invalidity of the Academy's opinion than it is of the quality of this film.
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