“Million Dollar Baby” is not a movie for children, nor is it appropriate for even mature teens, who have yet to develop the emotional filters necessary to analyze a film with such a strong emotional pull.  Adults, on the other hand, will be able to glean truth in the edges of this narrative, particularly the desolation and increased isolation that ultimately befalls the characters, as a result of their choices. Hopefully, the film will also be used as an excellent discussion topic with those of differing opinions.
 
AUDIENCE:  Adults only. 

OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT:

• Drugs/Alcohol Content:   People drink beer at boxing matches in several scenes; someone refers to another person getting drunk; two characters drink beer in one scene; reference to a mixed drink in another scene.
• Language/Profanity:    Approximately four dozen obscenities (including one “f” and another mouthed “f”) and a dozen profanities.
• Sexual Content/Nudity:    Lewd reference to main character’s breasts with sexual innuendo; several slang terms for anatomy; female character works out/fights in sports bra; male character refers to “naked women;” brief shots of cleavage and scantily-clothed women.
• Violence:     Much boxing violence, including hitting, punching and various injuries (some legal, some not) resulting from fights (bloody nose, broken nose, dislocated nose); mentally-challenged character is viciously attacked in boxing ring after asking to fight; character resets a bloody, broken nose onscreen; character goes reeling to the floor in a match from an illegal punch, breaking neck on stool; hospital patient makes failed and bloody attempt at suicide; character kills another character by injecting solution into an IV.