It came out in December 2008 and didn't attract my attention. Then, just the other day, I happened to see it playing on my HBO movie channel and decided to watch.
At first glance, it's about as far away from the type of movie I like. But "The Wrestler" with Mickey Rourke (last movie of his I saw was "9 1/2 Weeks" in the '80s) and Marisa Tomei (hugely underrated, in my opinion), made me chuckle, made me cry, made me feel.
If you've already seen it, let me know what you thought. If you haven't, find it on the movie channel or rent the DVD. It's worth it.
Here's what EW magazine (who gave it an 'A' rating) had to say about it. I quite agree:
"Certain movies about losers have a special, desperately moving appeal. By showing us men whose lives have fallen dramatically short of their dreams, they speak to — and for — all of us.
Darren Aronofsky’s "The Wrestler", with Mickey Rourke as a broken-down professional wrestling star still clinging to his glory days from the 1980s, could touch a chord in audiences the way On the Waterfront and Rocky did. It has that kind of lyrical humanity.
Aronofsky doesn't speak a sentimental cinematic language. Shooting in a grainy, bare-bones naturalistic style, full of jump cuts and raw light and a handheld camera whooshing about, the director of "Requiem for a Dream" and "The Fountain" now strips away all frills, tapping a classic Hollywood myth — a has-been looking for redemption — and, at the same time, transcending that myth. The Wrestler is like Rocky made by the Scorsese of Mean Streets.
It's the rare movie fairy tale that's also a bravura work of art."
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