Million Dollar Baby Themes

Unless Scrap has some secretly awesome family stashed away in Alaska, families in Million Dollar Baby are pretty terrible across the board. We're talking about traditional, blood-related clans here...

Perseverance. Determination. Ambition. Chutzpah. Call it what you want, but the characters in Million Dollar Baby are full of more drive than a Ferrari dealership. Maggie's pursuit of her boxing dr...

Hopefully, it doesn't come as a huge shock that strength and skill are central to Million Dollar Baby—what with it being a sports movie and all. Here's the thing, though: it's not all about physi...

Duty isn't just a fun word to say—it's also one of the heavier themes in Million Dollar Baby. Frankie's all wrapped up in responsibility. He owns the Hit Pit, manages Big Willie, then Maggie, hit...

A famous Detroit philosopher once said, "R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me." In the boxing world, it means absolutely everything. Managers require respect from their fighters. Fighters de...