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  1. Oct 3, 2023 · Released in 2008, “The Wrestler” is a critically acclaimed film that dives into the challenging world of professional wrestling. Directed by Darren Aronofsky and featuring an unforgettable performance by Mickey Rourke, the movie offers a gritty and authentic portrayal of an aging wrestler, Randy “The Ram” Robinson, as he grapples with personal demons and tries to find redemption in and ...

  2. May 17, 2024 · The Wrestler sits at the top spot as Rotten Tomatoes' best sports movie, boasting a 98% positive rating. While the film explores universal themes, it faces tough competition from iconic sports movies like Rocky and Raging Bull. Some surprising omissions from the list, like Moneyball and Bull Durham, raise questions about The Wrestler's claim to ...

  3. The Wrestler is a 2008 American sports drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Robert Siegel. The film stars Mickey Rourke , Marisa Tomei , and Evan Rachel Wood . Rourke plays an aging professional wrestler who, despite his failing health and waning fame, continues to wrestle due to financial hardship and in an attempt to cling to the success of his 1980s heyday.

  4. Dec 23, 2008 · Like many great performances, it has an element of truth. Rourke himself was once young and glorious and made the big bucks. He did professional boxing just for the hell of it. He alienated a lot of people. He fell from grace and stardom, but kept working, because he was an actor and that was what he did.

  5. www.bfi.org.uk › film › 052a6373-07fb-53c7-a58aThe Wrestler (2008) - BFI

    The role of wrestler Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson, reduced to working at a supermarket deli counter when his body can no longer take punishment in the ring, provided the perfect role for Mickey Rourke, trading on the actor’s own battered mystique as the man who had previously abandoned a glamorous movie-star career to become a boxer.

  6. Outside of the performances and the story, The Wrestler is a shining example — like The Iron Claw years later — of the inner workings of the professional wrestling world, this time centering ...

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  8. The Wrestler: Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis. A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

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