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As soon as I saw that The Wrestler was on the net I downloaded instantly. I was so hyped for this movie, between the reviews, and trailer. So already I was excited. The waiting was sort of killing me as well. I wanted to see it instantly, and in this day and age 20 seconds feels like 20 minutes.
Let me start out with what I liked most about it. Mickey Rourke plays a broken down wrestler, and Marisa Tomei plays an older stripper. Mickey is a frequent customer at the strip club so that's where their paths cross.
Marisa's performance was good, but she didn't get enough time to develop that I thought she needed. She was good don't get me wrong, but a little more time would have been good. Of course seeing her naked multiple times in the movie also was pretty damn great. You can't argue with that.
Now to Mickey Rourke. He lived up to the hype, his performance was outstanding. You felt like he was actually a broken down wrestler. It's sad that whatever he did to his face actually contributed to the person he played in the movie. He must have juiced up for the part too because he was pretty ripped. He also impressed me with the fact he went through some actual pain in this performance it seems.
There were a ton of wrestlers in the movie, the one that had some good face time was Necro Butcher. They showed ROH, and CZW in the movie which was pretty interesting to see them in an actual movie. And my favorite being The Cat Ernest Miller. Great to see him randomly in the movie.
So the story itself was pretty interesting, for the most part it lived up to the hype. I was really into it the whole time, and was waiting to see what would happen next. The fun part about this movie is you don't even really need to be into wrestling to be into it. So I really recommend this one to everyone.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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