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3/4
CJP - wrote on 01/02/09
Action: 3/3 + Comedy: 0.5/2 + Good vs Evil: 1/1 + Love/Sex: 1/1 + Special Effects: 1/1 + Plot: 1/1 + Music: 1/1 = 8.5/10 or 85%.
Mickey Rourke is absolutely phenomenal in the lead and it will be a travesty if he doesn't get nominated and win the best actor oscar for 2008. Aronofsky has improved though the actors and the concept of the movie nearly overwhelm him at the end. Regardless, the Wrestler is a story of wasted redemption that stays with you and reminds one how harsh life is when one is no longer in the spotlight.
