the story was not as compelling...

Rating: 6/10 (4 December 2009)

as I thought it would be. The acting was very good, but there wasn't a lot to the story. I wouldn't call the Wrestler one of the top films of the year.
Mickey Rourke plays Randy "the Ram", a has been wrestler that has wasted the money he made and now lives in a trailer, works at a grocery store, and still wrestlers in matches on the small stage. This guy has fallen far. He once had a video game named after him, which he plays, and wrestled in Madison Square Garden. He has a heart attack after a match and the doctors recommend he quit wrestling and the roids.
He uses this as a way to try to change his life. He tries to get to know a stripper, Cassidy, that he likes. He meets with her outside of work. He also tries to make up with his estranged daughter. But as someone whom hurts people, he never learns his lesson.
I didn't like the ending because it seemed there wasn't one. I guess we were to assume that was either the end for the Ram or he had more heart problems and didn't live much longer.
FINAL VERDICT: Story was slow and not much happens. But the acting is excellent, so it's worth watching.