It is a fairly poor movie

Rating: 4/10 (7 March 2009)

This movie has been praised back and forth but I fail to see why.

the story moves always in a fast forward way, making the characters lack substance: an example of such are the daughter-father relationship, that goes from extreme tolerance towards utter closure, in a very unemotional way (or mono-emotional if you consider all the crying), bringing the relationship as being profoundly meaningless when in fact is the turning point in the movie;

the praised acting is not that good: "Randy" has often emotional transitions that don't fit nor the character nor the ambiance; as for cassidy, the duality stripper-mom definitely only exists as a schizophrenic character since the character at the end of the movie definitely does not incorporate anything from the previous "Cassidies"; - as for directing, there are a lot of misplaced emphasis on many scenes, especially towards the ending. Such blunt and goaded details definitely break the movie mood, that is, if you are getting into it.

As for the premise for this movie, it fails to become interesting or to transmit any power to the desired message. I think the sense of awe that you can withdraw comes mainly from this "underworld" of Wrestling, for those who find that interesting. That is also the only original feature of this movie which made it somewhat intriguing.
I do not recommend it. Hence, 4/10: nothing special.