Million Dollar Baby
Frankie (Clint Eastwood) begrudginly trains Maggie (Hillary Swank), an enthusiastic but unskilled boxer with no other dreams in life but to be a great boxer. The story is narrated by Eddie (Morgan Freeman), Frankie's gym hand (surely the Morgan Freeman narration is a movie cliche by now?).
Despite his initial reluctance, Frankie becomes endeared with Maggie's bravado and willingness to learn, and they form a friendship that replaces the irrelevance of their own family lives.
Themes include how family is not always where you expect, euthenasia, and potential earned and fulfilled.
9/10