In the simply-named The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke plays Randy “The Ram” Robinson, a washed-up loser who longs for his 1980s wrestling heyday and is having a tough time dealing with the silence that now surrounds him.
Darren Aronofsky’s beautiful, haunting film is a devastating portrait of this man, left alone to suffer, who claims he only hurts when he’s in the ring, but who can’t help but hurt otherwise.
He longs for connection — with fans, with a stripper friend (Marisa Tomei), and with his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) — but none comes easily to him, and he refuses to be counted out, even when all the odds are against him. Continue reading
