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'The Wrestler': Death Match, By Kurt Loder
mtv.com - 12/19/2008
'The Wrestler': Death Match, By Kurt Loder
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Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei take it to the limit. Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" Photo: Fox Searchlight Mickey Rourke has taken a lot of punishment over the years, most of it with a puzzling eagerness. In movies of the 1980s, like "Diner," "Angel Heart" ...
REVIEW: Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Wrestler’
sizzlingpopcorn.com - 12/22/2008
REVIEW: Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Wrestler’
— sizzlingpopcorn.com — The Wrestler is one of the best films I’ve seen this year and one of Darren Aronofsky’s most powerful pieces of work. I was lucky enough to catch it at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) and was pleasantly surprised at the effect it had. REVIEW: Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Wrestler’

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The Wrestler | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly
ew.com - 12/16/2008
The Wrestler | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly
— ew.com — Certain movies about losers have a special, desperately moving appeal. By showing us men whose lives have fallen dramatically short of their dreams, they speak to — and for — all of us. Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler , with Mickey Rourke as a ... The Wrestler | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly

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S.S. Mickey Rourke is Beautiful
yeeeah.com - 12/18/2008
S.S. Mickey Rourke is Beautiful
— yeeeah.com — Mickey Rourke strikes me as the kind of guy who bypasses the shower for those all-purpose body wipes so popular with hobos and truck stop hookers. Nothing about that man looks clean. And I bet you’re wondering, “What the hell is wrong ... S.S. Mickey Rourke is Beautiful

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MTV Movies Blog:  Kurt Loder Reviews ‘The Wrestler’: ‘A Fearless And Heartbreaking Performance’

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Kurt Loder Reviews ‘The Wrestler’: ‘A Fearless And Heartbreaking Performance’
MTV Movies Blog — ... FROM MTV.COM: Mickey Rourke has taken a lot of punishment over the years, most of it with a puzzling eagerness. In movies of the 1980s, like “Diner,” “Angel Heart” and “The Pope of Greenwich Village,” his whispery charisma made him one of the most fascinating young actors in film. Then, in the early ’90s, he bailed out of the business to become a low-level professional boxer, which is where the punishment came in. Now, at the age of 52, with a face so heavily repaired it resembles an Easter Island ...

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