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Mickey Rourke gives a performance for the ages in The Wrestler, a richly affecting, heart-wrenching yet ultimately rewarding drama.
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Who better than Rourke to sell the idea of a battered, yet proud pugilist in search of redemption? Jan 22, 2009 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Who better than Rourke to sell the idea of a battered, yet proud pugilist in search of redemption?
Eddie Cockrell
It's a wonderful, career-reviving performance, and you can't imagine the movie without him. Welcome back, Mickey. Jan 16, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4
It's a wonderful, career-reviving performance, and you can't imagine the movie without him. Welcome back, Mickey.
Rene Rodriguez
Predictable as it is, this sad, strong beast of a film keeps us pinned to the mat with the strength of its compassion and the overpowering force of its central performance. Jan 16, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Predictable as it is, this sad, strong beast of a film keeps us pinned to the mat with the strength of its compassion and the overpowering force of its central performance.
Amy Biancolli
Aronofsky directs with unfussy candour, alternating between the intensity of the wrestling and the drabness of Randy's 'real' life. Jan 16, 2009 | Rating: 4/6 | Full Review…
Aronofsky directs with unfussy candour, alternating between the intensity of the wrestling and the drabness of Randy's 'real' life.
Tom Huddlestone
The weakness of Aronofsky's film is that these various sentimental crises are framed with as much subtlety as Randy's wildly overdue heart attack. The film lurches into a predictable panic about dying alone. Jan 16, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The weakness of Aronofsky's film is that these various sentimental crises are framed with as much subtlety as Randy's wildly overdue heart attack. The film lurches into a predictable panic about dying alone.
James Christopher
The Wrestler runs on what are admittedly pretty traditional lines for a sports film, yet runs on them with exhilarating speed and attack. I was waiting for a cop-out ending, but it never arrived. Jan 16, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The Wrestler runs on what are admittedly pretty traditional lines for a sports film, yet runs on them with exhilarating speed and attack. I was waiting for a cop-out ending, but it never arrived.
Peter Bradshaw
It's unfathomable to imagine The Wrestler without Rourke... It's one of those rare cinematic experiences where an actor and a role come together in perfect harmony. May 21, 2019 | Rating: A | Full Review…
It's unfathomable to imagine The Wrestler without Rourke... It's one of those rare cinematic experiences where an actor and a role come together in perfect harmony.
Micheal Compton
...the real-life horror of professional wrestling is evident in the ruined bodies of Randy and his peers... Nov 3, 2018 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
...the real-life horror of professional wrestling is evident in the ruined bodies of Randy and his peers...
Sarah Boslaugh
A story of personal ruin and while it certainly does echo Mickey's own life, it wouldn't be fair to say he is playing himself. Sure, Rourke's performance must have been informed by his own past, but that is different, as well as peculiarly powerful. Aug 29, 2018 | Full Review…
A story of personal ruin and while it certainly does echo Mickey's own life, it wouldn't be fair to say he is playing himself. Sure, Rourke's performance must have been informed by his own past, but that is different, as well as peculiarly powerful.
Deborah Ross
With another director, and most tellingly, with hundreds of other actors, The Wrestler might easily have descended into cliché. Feb 5, 2018 | Full Review…
With another director, and most tellingly, with hundreds of other actors, The Wrestler might easily have descended into cliché.
Dan DiNicola
Great performances, great story. Mar 21, 2017 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Great performances, great story.
Candice Frederick
A quarter-century (and, one senses, a lot longer in Rourke Years) since he pulled the popcorn-bag trick on Carol Heathrow and then talked his way back into her good graces, we'll still forgive Mickey Rourke anything. May 17, 2016 | Full Review…
A quarter-century (and, one senses, a lot longer in Rourke Years) since he pulled the popcorn-bag trick on Carol Heathrow and then talked his way back into her good graces, we'll still forgive Mickey Rourke anything.
Mark Asch
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