Storyline
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.
Directors
Cast
Paul Thornton, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Charlotte Aronofsky, Mark Margolis, Gregg Bello, Ajay Naidu, Scott Franklin, Abraham Aronofsky, Mickey Rourke, Douglas Crosby, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Peter Conboy, John D'Leo, Brandon DiCamillo, Judah Friedlander, Michael Drayer, Wass Stevens, Ernest Miller, Sylvia Kauders, Bill Walters, Michael Marino, Todd Barry, Dylan Keith Summers, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Armin Amiri, Ryan Lynn, Alyssa Bresnahan, Vernon Campbell, Bernadette Penotti, Johnny Valiant, Ron Killings, Giovanni Roselli, Robert D. Siegel, Rebecca Darke, E.J. Carroll, Jen Cohn, Tyrone Scott, Larry Mercer, Jon Trosky, Brian Heffron, Claudio Castagnoli, David John Markland, Jess Liaudin, Charles Renner, Alex Whybrow, Olivia Baseman, Sakinah Bingham, Matt Cannon, Evan Ginzburg, Ryan Tygh, Anna-Karin Eskilsson, Cory Kastle, Robert Oppel, Piper Kenny, Rafaela Ochoa, Eric Santamaria, Erika Smith, Ben Van Bergen, Emmanuel Yarborough, Andrew Anderson, Pappadon, Jay Santana, Robert Strauss, Nicholas K. Berk, Darnell Kittrell, Nate Hatred, Lloyd Anoa'i, Jamar Shipman, James Manley, John Corson, Dustin Howard, Steven Haworth, Kristopher Cope, John Zandig
Trailer
Reviews
100
The Wrestler is like "Rocky" made by the Scorsese of "Mean Streets." It's the rare movie fairy tale that's also a bravura work of art.
100
Variety
Rourke creates a galvanizing, humorous, deeply moving portrait that instantly takes its place among the great, iconic screen performances. An elemental story simply and brilliantly told, Darren Aronofsky's fourth feature is a winner from every possible angle.
90
What Rourke offers us, in short, is not just a comeback performance but something much rarer: a rounded, raddled portrait of a good man. Suddenly, there it is again--the charm, the anxious modesty, the never-distant hint of wrath, the teen-age smiles, and all the other virtues of a winner.
88
Aronofsky's directorial style is simple and spare. There are no flourishes or attempts to convince us that he is a master of his craft.
88
Rolling Stone
You watch The Wrestler (with a superb title song from Bruce Springsteen) in a state of pure exhilaration. A great actor in a great movie will do that to you.
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