usatoday.com - 2/22/2009
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A superstar in the '80s, Rourke's Randy "The Ram" Robinson tries gamely to maintain his heavy metal/Viking image. But he's pushing 50. With his blond extensions and tanning-salon-enhanced visage, the washed-up fighter struts and preens and amps up the staged, bloody choreography before tiny ...
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Saving Me A Review
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
... movie is as entertaining as it is despite its considerable flaws. But if the screenplay wins it's a joke. In addition, I should also say that The Wrestler isn't just a movie with two great performances, it's a tremendous movie, period, easily the best American movie of the year. For a full account, I'll outsource to Stevens and Scott. One thing I do want to address, though, is the idiotic argument (sometimes made by defenders of the film) in some quarters that it's just a Rocky clone with better acting/direction. ...
The Wrestler and Sports Movie Clichés
Matthew Yglesias —
I just wanted to second Scott Lemieux on this point:
One thing I do want to address, though, is the idiotic argument (sometimes made by defenders of the film) in some quarters that it’s just a Rocky clone with better acting/direction. I can’t imagine missing the point more. Pro wrestling makes such a great subject for a movie — and avoids the sports movie cliches that mar this year’s Best Picture winner — precisely because there can be not heroic triumph (or near-triumph) when there’s nothing to win. Neither ...
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