The Wrestler (2008)

Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Genre: sport, drama

The Wrestler is a drama centered around an aging professional wrestler
past his prime. It's so much more than that. You don't have to be a fan
of wrestling to enjoy this film. The wrestling part of it can be put
aside as a back story. Randy "The Ram" could be in any other
profession, doing any other thing and could be in the same situation.
That's what's so great about it. He's just a lonely guy, whose life
seems to have passed him by. A middle aged man who doesn't have much
going for him. Sure, he's a wrestler, but he needs wrestling more than
wrestling needs him. He needs it to feel important, to feel like a
somebody. He really has nothing to show for himself, no wife, just a
daughter he hasn't been there for his whole life. Missed opportunities.
He's sad and alone and we really do feel for h…

Trailer The Wrestler