The Wrestler (2008)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/2.35:1 109m
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
Synopsis:
After a close call with his health, an ageing wrestler dependent ever more on the nostalgia circuit has fond thoughts of settling down with a stripper friend and making it up with his estranged daughter, but the call of the old life is too strong.
Review:
A movie which gained immeasurably from the synergy created by its star's personal career and that of his character is also well served by his moving performance, by the humanity it extends to the smallest of its characters, and by the ambivalent note of loserdom and heroism with which it seals the fate of this Randy the Ram born-to-perform protagonist.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/2.35:1 109m
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
Synopsis:
After a close call with his health, an ageing wrestler dependent ever more on the nostalgia circuit has fond thoughts of settling down with a stripper friend and making it up with his estranged daughter, but the call of the old life is too strong.
Review:
A movie which gained immeasurably from the synergy created by its star's personal career and that of his character is also well served by his moving performance, by the humanity it extends to the smallest of its characters, and by the ambivalent note of loserdom and heroism with which it seals the fate of this Randy the Ram born-to-perform protagonist.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/2.35:1 109m
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
Synopsis:
After a close call with his health, an ageing wrestler dependent ever more on the nostalgia circuit has fond thoughts of settling down with a stripper friend and making it up with his estranged daughter, but the call of the old life is too strong.
Review:
A movie which gained immeasurably from the synergy created by its star's personal career and that of his character is also well served by his moving performance, by the humanity it extends to the smallest of its characters, and by the ambivalent note of loserdom and heroism with which it seals the fate of this Randy the Ram born-to-perform protagonist.