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The Wrestler
Posted by dave c on December 16, 2008 at 04:11:22:
This is the film being toiuted as Mickey Rourke's big time comeback, but I think it is a far different film to that.
It is a tale of a washed up ex champion wrestler and his maybe girlfriend the lap dancer.
Sounds fun?
Errr... actually it's more like a garish coloured Bukowskian fable in the American heartland.
Rourke looks like Iggy Pop on steroids, a truly telling performance that goes close up on the ins and outs of wrestling.
This is a small film.
It has a handful of main characters and a few in the background.
They are beautifully drawn. The dancer especially in near porn grainy close-up.
It's a must see film.