Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
The wrestler is the story of retired professional wrestler, Randy "The Ram" Robinson, making his way through the independent circuit, trying to get back in the game for one final showdown with his for...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 21, 2009
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Stats: 13,975 reviews
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August 26, 2009wow it's almost like fans of wrestling and hair metal are the same species as us. it got too sentimental and predictable in the middle but i'm sure glad they didn't cop out on the ending
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July 18, 2009Eh, the acting was great - Tomei and Rourke really did kick ass, I was genuinely pleased to see a stripper painted in such a human light (instead of the usual gawking omg stripper! portrayals usually churned out) but while it painted a sad picture, I still didn't feel like I knew...( read more)
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June 14, 2009A comeback story of sorts about a down-and-out professional wrestler years past his prime who is friends with a stripper years past hers, apparently. After suffering a heart attack a hardcore match with Necro Butcher, Randy has no choice but to retire. So, like 90% of the guys in...( read more)
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November 16, 2009Aronofsky makes a movie I full heartedly LOVED. and Mickey Rourke?!! Talented wasted.. I hope he makes up for it with more performances as great as this!! Jesus. This movie just makes me want to curse and cry.
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November 11, 2009Different. I wasn't happy with the ambigous ending, but I understood. Mickey Rourke is still a beast in my book.
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November 11, 2009"The Wrestler" é um filme que retrata com muita naturalidade, a solidão; o desamparo; a resignação e outras misérias de que um homem infeliz pode ser acometido. O personagem principal escolhe pelo que é mais real para ele, mesmo que isso signifique a sua própria destruição.
Critic Reviews
January 16, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
January 16, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
The platitude-intensive script by Robert Siegel would have been laughed off the screen without Rourke's dogged grandeur. full review
December 24, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Mickey Rourke plays the battered, broke, lonely hero, Randy ('The Ram') Robinson. This is the performance of his lifetime, will win him a nomination, may win him the Oscar. full review
December 17, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
Aronofsky inflicts as much pain on the audience as self-flagellating Ram Jam does when brutalizing/mutilating himself in and outside the ring. full review
December 17, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The Wrestler shows that, in both movies and wrestling, the line between reality and play-acting may be less clear than we assume. full review
December 17, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It's no Raging Bull, more like Rocky shot with a handheld camera. But Rourke's wounded tough guy is undeniably captivating. He smacks you in the gut and wrenches your heart. full review
December 15, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
This is a case where an actor makes the difference. full review
December 8, 2008
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
What Rourke offers us, in short, is not just a comeback performance but something much rarer: a rounded, raddled portrait of a good man. full review
October 10, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Aronofsky pulls all the usual strings in The Wrestler. But in the end the movie works, maybe because the best things about it are things that Aronfsky isn't even conscious of. full review
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August 31, 2009it's such a great movie..and about the ending..they let us guess,which is a great ending for a great movie
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January 30, 2009
THAT MOVIE WENT FROM GOOD TO HORRIBLE..
if there was 0 stars.. i give it 0 stars..
how does the movie not have an ending.. i thought it was supposed to be an "inspirational movie" just like Titanic..
did the Titanic movie end when the ship crashed into the iceberg..? NO.. the movie kept going and you get to see people fall off the ship and die in the cold water with some survivors who tell the story..
LEAST they could do is SHOW some "RESPECT" to The Wrestler and show him dive off the ropes to perform his diving attack.. win the match.. and THEN die of his heart attack.. but the producer is too "NARROW-MINDED" to even show that..
now we can all remember how the producer is too NARROW-MINDED to give us a TRUE ENDING in "The Wrestler" -
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