The Wrestler
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The Wrestler
Saw it this past Saturday. I thought it was excellent.
Mickey Rourke perfectly plays the character of Randy "The Ram." While the story is a straightforward tale of a man trying to avert self destruction, it's masterfully crafted with no unnecessary filler. Overall, it's gritty and depressing, but there are some unexpectedly funny moments as well. Marisa Tomei plays a tattooed stripper and shows plenty of booby and thonged ass.
Highly recommended.
Mickey Rourke perfectly plays the character of Randy "The Ram." While the story is a straightforward tale of a man trying to avert self destruction, it's masterfully crafted with no unnecessary filler. Overall, it's gritty and depressing, but there are some unexpectedly funny moments as well. Marisa Tomei plays a tattooed stripper and shows plenty of booby and thonged ass.
Highly recommended.
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Not the feel good movie of the season but really powerfull. My wife had an uncle that had a similar trajectory, so she was really shaken up. I thought I would come out thinking Rourke maybe didn't have to do as much acting as say Penn in Milk, but not so, tremendous performance.
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That was a depressing movie.
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“If it won't matter in a year, don't spend more than a day stressing about it."
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According to the new issue of Men's Journal, Rourke turned down roles in Pulp Fiction, Platoon, The Untouchables, and Beverly Hills Cop.


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Saw it last night. Absolutely awesome flick. His role somewhat mirrors his own life. He's deserves all the accolades he can get. I read that he wanted the wrestlers to be proud of his performance. Looks like he did that and then some.
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Great movie.
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Great movie. Marisa Tomei was great in it also. My wife didn't care for it, since it was a kind of sad ending.
Him waking up with the fireman boots on was great.
Him waking up with the fireman boots on was great.
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I finally saw this today. Fucking awesome. The scene with his daughter on the boardwalk killed me. Marisa Tomei was great, too. And she looked great.
As an aside, a few years ago she played Salome on stage in NY. She did the Dance of the Seven Veils, sometimes going the full monte, sometimes not. By all accounts, incredibly sexy. A friend who saw it said afterwards, "I know what it would be like to fuck Marisa Tomei.
As an aside, a few years ago she played Salome on stage in NY. She did the Dance of the Seven Veils, sometimes going the full monte, sometimes not. By all accounts, incredibly sexy. A friend who saw it said afterwards, "I know what it would be like to fuck Marisa Tomei.
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I'd like to find out firsthand.Grim Hamundarson wrote:IA friend who saw it said afterwards, "I know what it would be like to fuck Marisa Tomei.
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Everythig said above. Powerful. Real. Not been moved by such an understated performance in a long time.

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Excellent flick. It was a little bleak, but I thought it did a good job of showing the ups and downs of everyday life. Especially the scenes with his daughter and a the deli counter. After it was over I was a little depressed though, mostly because nobody ever asked me to party like a fireman.

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After smoking crack with Jake the Snake, it's hard to see how Rourke could even come close.

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I like this movie the first time Rourke did it, then it was called Barfly.
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