Reviews on Golden Globe Nominated Movie- THE WRESTLER . . .

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A Rocky-style drama, nominated for 3 Golden Globes, The Wrestler is exhilarating entertainment. Back in the late 1980s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a champion professional wrestler. Now, 20 years later, he ekes out a living stacking shelves in a supermarket and performing fights for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms around New Jersey.

TESTIMONIALS

“A great movie. An amazing, human piece of work.”
Ain’t It Cool News

"Transcendent... The Wrestler mines a gritty excitement — at times, it's like a neorealist Rocky. Tender, fierce, gripping and altogether remarkable."
Entertainment Weekly

“Rourke gives a majestic performance - will be a player in this year’s Oscar race.”
Los Angeles Times

“Mickey Rourke is awesome. A reminder that the name everyone threw around critically during the early days of Rourke’s career was ‘Brando’, and with this film, he’s earned that comparison in the most complete and complimentary way ever.”
Ain’t It Cool News

“An elemental story brilliantly told… the dialogue in the superior script is inflected with the poetry of the everyday. A winner from every possible angle. Exhilarating, funny and moving."
Variety Magazine

***** (5 stars)
“An astonishing performance. Stunning… A sensation that blows convention apart… will pin you to the canvas.”
Empire Magazine

“Breathtaking… aided in no small part by Aronofsky's feeling for the disorder of ordinary lives, and his elegant visual sense.”
Indiewire

“Riveting… An amazing tour de force by Rourke.”
Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

“Boasts just the right amount of edge – and, surprisingly, humour – and a performance Mickey Rourke was born for. A natural awards contender and audience-pleaser."
Screen International

“Rourke is simply a knockout."
Newsweek


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