A Has-Been Unable To Grow Old With Some Dignity

Rating: 3/10 (26 June 2013)

Well, let me tell ya - There's absolutely nothing in the world that I despise more that a man who's literally pushing 60 who dyes his shoulder-length hair blond, wears it up in a frickin' bun, and even uses bobby-pins to keep those straying hairs in place.
And, that, my friends, was just the man that "love-thy-self" Randy Robinson, the Ram, was in The Wrestler.
And, with that in mind, I think that you can clearly understand how very difficult it was for me to endure this film and watch it right through to its pathetic ending.
With his pimply ass, and his tattoo of Christ, Robinson was a truly tiresome character and, pretty much, nothing but a loser and a broken-down piece of trailer-trash.
It really killed me that Robinson so smugly called himself a "professional" wrestler, but, in reality, what he did in the ring wasn't really wrestling at all. It was exaggerated theatrics which were specifically geared to entertain the audience.
And speaking about pleasing the audience, this moron even deliberately cut himself with a piece of concealed razor blade just for the sake of some hollow cheers from the crowd.
Filled with all sorts of shallow characters (like the sleazy stripper, Cassidy), The Wrestler was just a worthless piece of movie-fluff about a vain, self-deluded, old fart and his bloated ego and his hair done up on a bun.