If only all films were this good... Mickey Rourke is outstanding.

Rating: 9/10 (21 January 2009)

The last time with a performance as outstanding as Mickey Rourke's here was Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote.
This film is a lean beautifully paced work. Everything is at the level of excellence that nothing jars or interferes with the story telling.
Slumdog is an entertainment which will fade quickly The wrestler has the calibre of a long lasting classic. The real life portrayed will make you turn away and the ending is perfect.
Here you have violence, horror, love, comedy and true emotion.
If your measure of a film's greatness is a powerful story superbly acted, this is a MUST see.