Director: Darren Aronofsky
Year: 2008
Most of my previous reviews have been about films that don't get the credit they deserve or get torn apart by reviews unfairly. The Wrestler does not fall into either of those groups. The film is well-received and has made plenty of profit. But I have to wonder why then has nobody seen this film?
The wrestler follow Randy 'The Ram' Robinson who in present day is a washed up professional wrestler. He lives alone in a trailer and works part time at supermarket. Things take a turn for the worse, however, when Randy suffers a major heart attack in the wrestler dressing room. From here on out Randy is forbidden to wrestler for fear it may kill him. Randy decides to retire and tries to get back in touch with his daughter and wishes to move in with a stripper that he falls in love with. All this time however Randy is looking for one more chance to get back in the ring.
Mickey Rourke could not have played this role any better. He portrays the beat-to-hell old father as well as the roid-raged wrestler perfectly. You want to see him succeed and you want things to work out for him. With every watching of the film I find myself thinking about just how lucky I am to have what I have. Randy is a man who had everything in his early life and yet as an old man is poor, sick, and alone.
Certainly an emotional film but worth it.
Darren Aronofsky's THE WRESTLER (2008)
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