Review of The Wrestler (2008) by Stavros M — 06 Jan 2016
This was a great movie, but also hard to watch. Mickey Rourke puts on a great performance, one that is so gritty and lifelike that when he is wrestling or dealing with his family issues they feel so real, something few other movies can match.
It's hardest to watch when he messes up things with his daughter, and his sort of girlfriend, it felt like Randy the Ram was going through one of the roughest parts of his life, and we were just there for the depressing ride.
The wrestling scenes were also pretty bloody at times, and you could feel the medical cost was outweighing any money he was making off of wrestling, but Randy couldn't stop because wrestling is the only thing he knows how to do well.
Great film, one that won't easily be forgotten.
This review of The Wrestler (2008) was written by Stavros M on 06 Jan 2016.
The Wrestler has generally received very positive reviews.
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