Honesty, self-pity. self-rising....regret, warning minor spoiler

Rating: 8/10 (28 June 2009)

To me this movie is about Mickey obviously, but more than that, not even about wrestling. It really shows how regret is dealt with in all fashions, and how to either overcome or even better, to live with past decisions that are almost if not impossible to overcome. How do we deal with this ourselves? Do we become more self-abusive, seeking righteous behavior, make amends, or stay with what has kept us strong and to what we believe we are. Mickey, or The Ram, I am sure put his recent past obviously in this part, so it showed an amazing job by an actor, who did get a perfect role to fit him in the past, present, and maybe to see things in the future that he is not alone. The movie really bases itself on a wrestler, professional wrestler - symbolic to various wrestlers from the 80's, 90's,.... what is missing a bit in the movie may be the very little we get to see of The Ram's early life and what led up to the result of where he is today, hanging on to a career that deserves retirement at an earlier age. Especially when you may not have the same health as when you were 21. The uplifting part of the movie, is that Mickey never gives up, even when you think is about to, he doesn't give up being alone, and doesn't give up what he wants to do to make it better. However, being left with very few choices at least in his close minded head, brings him back to what he knows best, that is being The Ram, through thick and thin, that's what he is, what he knows best, and where his self-fulfilling honor lies. Very good movie, and stellar acting. However, it didn't reach it's full potential, halting it's best picture nomination in my opinion