Factual error: It is said Maggie can't breathe on her own after her injury. If this was the case she wouldn't be able to speak, since she can't push air out of her lungs to generate sound.
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank, Jay Baruchel
Maggie becomes paralysed at the big fight. She loses a leg to bedsores, and then asks Frankie to end her life. He hesitates because of his faith and she tries to do it by biting her tongue. He then decides to do it by unplugging her breathing machine and then injecting adrenaline into her IV. After this Morgan Freeman tells Frankie's daughter in a letter (which was also the films narration) that he never saw Frankie again. And the last shot is of Frankie in the diner we saw earlier in the film.
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More mistakes in Million Dollar Baby
Frankie Dunn: You wouldn't start training to be a ballerina at 31 now, would you?
Maggie Fitzgerald: Already been workin' it for three years.
Frankie Dunn: And you can't hit a speed bag? What kind of training is that?
Maggie Fitzgerald: I never had any, boss.
Frankie Dunn: Well, I hate to say it, but it shows.
Trivia: Hilary Swank was the third choice to play Maggie, after Sandra Bullock and Ashley Judd both turned it down.
Question: Spoiler! Doesn't Maggie have the legal right to refuse any type of life support? She's completely cognitive and in possession of all her mental faculties. Why does Frankie have to sneak in and illegally participate in her assisted suicide?
Answer: Suicide is a sin and is said that you go to hell if you commit suicide. By Frankie doing it, it frees her spiritually from damnation in the eyes of God.
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Answer: Yes, there was an article in last week's Sunday paper about how the medical community is up in arms over the mis-portrayal of patient's rights issues.
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