Over the top of the Ring

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2011)

"The Wrestler" is a movie about time and being molded to the process that one has lived for most of life. Being a part of something empowers one so much that the real world hardly matters. Same happens to Randy "The Ram", He's felt himself powerless in the outer world when age and his heart problem halts his professional wrestling. The progress of this story, which is about how a men living his life over the top of the ring stepping outside of arena is wonderfully unfolded. The Wrestler is a not a hard movie or the theme too is something that has been tried many times before but never before the tale has been as gripping as this one.
SPOILER ALERT:: There are key moments in the film, as when Randy misses misses his dinner with Stephanie and apologizes, but Stephanie angrily cries and says that she never wants to see him again. Also the scene agitated Randy cuts his hand on the deli slicer machine and goes on a rampage in the store, before quitting. And Specially, the final scene where He climbs the top rope and stands up and salutes the crowd in tears as the screen abruptly cuts to black.
The director, Darren Aronofsky draws the this warm tale with honesty, keeping things as real as possible did a splendid job. This could have easily a lame movie if it wasn't this director since its real hard to make a movie with simplicity still having depth of an ocean.
Mickey Rouke was impressively enjoying this role. He was so real and brought so much of intensity to the role. Ditto for Marissa Tomei who complimented Mickey Rouke in every scene with her performance.
"The Wrestler" is a lot of life, warmth in the friendship that builds up between Randy and Pam. The hardcore match in the match was exciting and a real thrill. But mostly the film takes a sensitive look at the fish out of water phenomenon.