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The Wrestler: Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis. A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
- Darren Aronofsky
- 3 min
Box office. $44.7 million [2] The Wrestler is a 2008 American sports drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Robert Siegel. The film stars Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood. Rourke plays an aging professional wrestler who, despite his failing health and waning fame, continues to wrestle due to financial hardship ...
- $44.7 million
- Clint Mansell
- $6 million
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Jan 24, 2023 · Understated and yet powerful, The Wrestler is a unique take on the sports film. Chronicling the middle age of former professional wrestling superstar Randy "The Ram" Robinson, The Wrestler's rich themes use wrestling as a metaphor for life in general, which results in one of Mickey Rourke's best movie performances. Though the movie was ...
- Dalton Norman
Dec 17, 2008 · Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy ...
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- Darren Aronofsky
- R
- Mickey Rourke
Dec 23, 2008 · Mickey Rourke plays the battered, broke, lonely hero, Randy ("The Ram") Robinson. This is the performance of his lifetime, will win him a nomination, may win him the Oscar. Like many great performances, it has an element of truth. Rourke himself was once young and glorious and made the big bucks. He did professional boxing just for the hell of it.
Broken-down pro-wrestling star Mickey Rourke seeks reparation in his life outside the ring in this stirring drama.