Manly movie that truly delivers

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2009)

What an amazing movie! Will definitely get myself a copy as soon as it comes out to watch it again and again during lonesome October nights and cry, cry, cry. I feel kind of bad for the lovely lady Marisa Tomei  she is way, way too good of an actress to spend such a significant portion of her time on the screen naked. Don't tell me it was justified by the fact that her character is a stripper, there are tons of movies where you don't even get to see boobs of a, supposedly, stripper character and here you get to see her from the points of view and in positions that her husband gets to see either after giving her the most ridiculously expensive gifts or in this movie. Still, God, gym and dance instructors, and plastic surgeons, please, help more women in their 45 to have bodies and striptease skills similar to the ones of Marisa Tomei  that would definitely make this world a better place! Getting back to the topic, I see a twofold motivation for such an explicit and extensive nudity. First, it makes a movie slightly more artsy and independent. Second, it makes a movie significantly manlier. The truth is - this movie doesn't need such a cheap trick to get some additional manliness; it easily surpasses the theoretical manliness upper bound without it. Mainly, due to the script. No, Mickey Rourke is incredible and perfect for this part, but, guys, the script is oh so bold, vivid and original. I swear God you would never ever guess what really happens in this movie and how it actually ends from its touching but pretty cliché trailer! You would be so very surprised! I wish I could tell you what the script is all about right here but I really don't want to spoil your pleasure. I'll just tell you that it's, obviously, about being a real man as well as about an amazing effort to change followed by spectacular dignity, but those are absolutely not the cliché change and dignity you just thought about! Here's one more thing and in this one most of you probably won't agree with me - I really think that this script ends with a happy end; I was applauding to the man in my mind continuously throughout the movie, especially so at the end and even though it made me cry like a baby it made me happy and proud for the man at the same time.