Vastly overrated

Rating: 4/10 (6 August 2015)

Without Mark Ruffalo, this film would have been a failure. He holds it together through sheer force of will. Carell is competent but nothing surprising, just another case of a good comedic actor shocking everyone with an average dramatic performance
Tatum looks like he's going into a coma at times. The story is a good one but the film fails to set up the ending, by failing to develop the characters sufficiently.
It's well directed. Leaves you wanting more in terms of seeing the actual bouts. Does a decent job of making wrestling interesting.
Could have been better with a different actor in the Tatum roll and more character development. Maybe they were worried about length.
Watch it for Ruffalo but for no other reason...