That being said, it is a standard story of a life being wasted, a life spent in non-stop partying and fleeing from responsibility.
What makes this worth seeing is that you do end up caring about Rourke's character, in spite of yourself.
Not even a very good movie but worth it to see how far Rourke and his character have fallen.
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Topic - "The Wrestler," Rourke's performance truly is amazing, deserving of all the encomiums. - tinear 15:32:45 01/29/09 (9)
- Good as he was... - afilado 21:33:20 01/29/09 (1)
- I agree and I think I've overlooked one critical point about the Ram: - tinear 07:36:26 01/30/09 (0)
- AT LAST!!! - dave c 16:09:32 01/29/09 (6)
- His performance... as good as it was - sjb 16:13:21 01/29/09 (5)
- GOSH - dave c 16:15:28 01/29/09 (4)
- I also don't understand his reasoning. Rourke is a man-child, - tinear 16:59:21 01/29/09 (1)
- at the end (spoiler) - dave c 19:06:21 01/29/09 (0)
- RE: GOSH - sjb 16:22:01 01/29/09 (1)
- rather my feelings for 1973 jazz-rock - dave c 19:03:05 01/29/09 (0)