Hilary Swank

Million Dollar Baby makes the line between subtle and obvious seem finer than it is, and delivers its one-two punches Old-Hollywood-style.

As the character drama bogs down in Hartnett and Johansson's maudlin mumbling, De Palma starts to focus on shoehorning in a punchy setpiece or stylistic outrage.

Butler, though puportedly attractive, gives a chipmunk-chipper performance that can only be described as supremely annoying.

Conviction may not much tease the intellect, but one would have to be a rock to be unmoved by the true story’s dramatic arc, well played by Swank and Rockwell.

I tell ya, I haven't heard this much talk about ball-dropping since the junior high locker room.

Soderbergh’s here to have fun, and his mood is contagious.