Win Win was not a lose lose

Rating: 8/10 (19 February 2011)

I could say its a wrestling movie but that would be a very big oversight on my part and this movie deserves more then that. You wouldn't call The Fighter just a boxing movie would you. I am no professional movie reviewer but I tell it like I see it. When I say a movie is good to me that means it made me feel something and made me think. This movie did just that ... I laughed and I wouldn't call it a comedy ... I felt frustrated much like the main character Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti) who is an Attorney by day and by late afternoon he is a high school wrestling coach who's team is for a lack of a better word sucks. I didn't cry but I could say that I did get a warm happy feeling without all the sap. This Attorney, Father, Coach, and Husband (Mike) who is trying to keep it all together stumbles into another family very different from his own. An old man who is slowly losing his mind, his grandson who wrestles more then he talks, and his daughter who believes she is owed her inheritance. Mike is just trying to do right for his family and as a man. Life is not always simple and some times we need to make those hard decisions ... but if you make those decisions from the right intentions and you might find that in the end it all works its way out. Good movie that deals with real life situations of relatable characters. Well written, well directed, and well performed so over all a Win Win on my list.