Nothing Outstanding

Rating: 5/10 (23 February 2009)

I have to admit I was not impressed by this film, in fact I found some of it boring.
I could not find one thing outstanding about this movie, and I read countless reviews telling me otherwise, so I was more than ready to soak up the emotion it was supposedly meant to provide.
From the lack lustre story (the ageing professional sportsman finally realising family is more important than his career) to the unrealistic premise the story is based on. That a world champion wrestler lives in a trailer park??? I mean come on; in the 90's wrestlers were the biggest stars on earth! Randy (Mickey Rourke) is portrayed to be a professional sportsman who puts wrestling before anything, so how did he end up in the situation he is at the start of the movie? All in all the unrealistic nature of the characters the countless plot holes provide a watchable movie at best. The Wrestler has nothing on Slumdog, and that's why Slumdog has absolutely wiped the floor with The Wrestler in the Oscars last night.