Delicious
The Wrestler is about a washed up pro wrestler whose career and life has passed him by. It’s one of those films where the actor and the movie become one. Mickey Rourke is the part he plays. It’s a wonderful character study. Marisa Tomei plays a stripper who’s Rourke’s love interest. She does a fine job as well. I think professional wrestling is as ridiculous as you can get—I’ve never liked it, nor spent more than ten minutes watching it (since about the age nine). That said, I loved this film. It’s not as much about wrestling as it is about life, or the waste of a life.

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