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The Wrestler

Love. Pain. Glory.

7.5(4,180)20081h 49m5

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

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Status
Released
Budget
$6M
Box office
$44.7M
Language
English
  • daughter
  • new jersey
  • supermarket
  • heart attack
  • redemption
  • ambition
  • barbed wire
  • stripper
  • steroids
  • fame
  • pro wrestling
  • reflective

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

United States of America, France

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival12 Oct 2008
    • Theatrical (limited)R17 Dec 2008
    • TheatricalR30 Jan 2009
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival26 Oct 2008
    • Theatrical1516 Jan 2009
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical (limited)MA 15+9 Jan 2009
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 2008
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical11 Feb 2009
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1413 Feb 2009
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical7 Sept 2009
  • EstoniaEE

    • PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival29 Nov 2008
    • Theatrical23 Jan 2009
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1616 Jan 2009
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP18 Feb 2009
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1226 Feb 2009
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival14 Nov 2008
    • Theatrical165 Feb 2009

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The Wrestler was released on 17 December 2008.

Audience reviews

3
  • W

    Wuchak

    9/26/2018

    8/10

    “The Wrestler” (2008) Twenty years past his glory days in the mid/late 80s, a wrestler (Mickey Rourke) struggles to make ends meet in New Jersey while wrestling on the weekends, taking illegal pain-meds, pursuing a dancer at the local strip club (Marisa Tomei) and trying to reestablish a relationship with his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood). This is an engrossing, but gloomy drama about the grim reality o…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/30/2024

    7/10

    Mickey Rourke is on top-form in this depiction of fading wrestling star "Randy". Once the talk of the tour, he has fallen on hard times. His body hasn't the strength or stamina it once had and after one fairly convincing pasting in the ring he decides it is time to hang up his loincloth. Whilst his professional life was full of glamour, testosterone and showbiz, his retirement is much less so. Still needing to work, …

  • G

    griggs79

    3/28/2025

    9/10

    What a film. It’s raw, heartfelt, and unexpectedly tender. Mickey Rourke's character, all battered pride and broken dreams, is a reflection of our own struggles, clinging to past glory while life keeps kicking him in the ribs. The themes of faded stardom, loneliness, and defiance really hit home. It’s not flashy, but it’s utterly gripping. Quietly devastating. I loved it.

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