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Film School RejectsThis film makes some deft observations of what it means to be a celebrity and how being in the limelight does not necessari...
JobloI had high hopes for THE WRESTLER. I’m a big Mickey Rourke fan, but I’ve always felt that he had been born in the wrong era.
ColliderThe performance that Mickey Rourke delivers in the remarkable motion picture "The Wrestler" is something that has been passi...
New York MagazineIn his new film, The Wrestler, he induces a state of masochistic ecstasy—the oneness with the universe that comes from being...
Film ThreatThankfully, a naturalistic Rourke helps us forget such machinations. This tale of quiet sound and fury belongs all to him.
Village VoiceRourke's character may be larger than the movie, but this time, the Ram gets ground up in the mechanics of the plot.
USA TodayRourke gives the performance of his life. Tough, clueless and more self-aware than he lets on, Randy is excruciatingly sad. ...
New York PostThe Wrestler offers something to pretty much everyone in the audience. Much like The Sopranos, it creates a world that might...
Los Angeles TimesWhile the director was essential in collaborating with Rourke to create that memorable performance, it remains real work in ...
E! OnlineAt last, a movie about the way pro wrestling really works. Mickey Rourke is Robin Ramzinski, aka Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a...
CinematicalWatching The Wrestler feels like those moments, as a fierce and smart film knocks you down with power and flash and then whi...
The New York TimesEveryone knows professional wrestling is fake. Everyone knows the same about movies. In both cases the eager spectators simu...
New York Daily NewsWe're watching that story play out in real life right now, as Mickey Rourke's unexpected rise has sparked well-earned Oscar ...
FilmcriticThe Wrestler realigns Aronofsky as a director concerned with the slow burn of American neo-realism more than hyperactive pse...
ReelViewsThis is the kind of film that inevitably will excite awards talk - for Mickey Rourke (Best Actor), for Marisa Tomei (Best Su...
Entertainment WeeklyDarren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, with Mickey Rourke as a broken-down professional wrestling star still clinging to his glory...
Cinema BlendThe movie's very existence is a surprise for those who know director Darren Aronofsky as the visually florid director of fev...
/FilmSome might say that The Wrestler is a departure from director Darren Aronofsky, while many others may look at it as an evolu...
VarietyMickey Rourke creates a galvanizing, humorous, deeply moving portrait that instantly takes its place among the great, iconic...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writer: Robert Siegel
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Ernest Miller
Release: December 19, 2008
Writer: Robert Siegel
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Ernest Miller
Release: December 19, 2008
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