Darren Aronofsky’s critically heralded drama THE WRESTLER feels way smaller than I thought it would but in a way that’s a big compliment because with Mickey Rourke’s knockout performance, that brilliant piece of music from Bruce Springsteen, Darren Aronofsky storytelling and an authentic realised dedication to getting this sport right, I’m totally hooked for seeing this.
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I always knew wrestling was a sport so fascinating that it had at least one good movie about it just begging to be made. Has Aronofsky, a man who similarly I always thought had a good movie in him (I hated THE FOUNTAIN and never really warmed to REQUIEM FOR A DREAM), finally given me what I have wanted to see for years, a straight, good old fashioned narrative movie with no gimmicks.
I can’t wait to see this.
THE WRESTLER opens Dec. 17th in the U.S. and on Jan. 16th in the U.K.
