The Wrestler Movie (2008): Where to watch and stream online

The Wrestler

2008, Movie, 1h 49min

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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Reviews

Critic Roger Ebert

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Like many great performances, it has an element of truth. Rourke himself was once young and glorious and made the big bucks.

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Critic Dan Jolin

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The Raging Bull of wrestling movies? Oh, go on then.

Read full review at Empire

Kasper Løvborg

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Rourke gives an amazing performance, and it seems pretty obvious that he might have been able to relate to a character who once showed great promise and was near the top of his game and then turned into something worn-down and rather pitiful. The ...

4 years ago

Critic Matt Bochenski

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A stunning career comeback from Mickey Rourke underpins Darren Aronofsky’s tragic sports drama.

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Critic Noel Murray

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...the movie feeds off Rourke, who plays a genuinely decent guy who never lets his dawning self-awareness interfere with his responsibility to give the fans a show.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Josh Rosenblatt

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...Rourke is the very soul of a modern movie actor, baring himself physically and emotionally in an effort to expose the soul of a man whose entire life is predicated on artifice...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Frequently asked questions

What is The Wrestler about? Toggle content

Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a professional wrestler and former star of the 80s, is now a lonely and aging man struggling to find purpose in his life. Despite his declining health and physical condition, Randy continues to perform in independent wrestling matches on the weekends, all while working a mundane job at a supermarket and frequenting a local strip club. He becomes friends with Cassidy, an aging stripper who shares his passion for the spotlight, but their relationship is complicated by their mutual struggles with loneliness and despair. As Randy's health worsens and he faces the possibility of death, he must confront his legacy and decide what truly matters to him: his career or his relationships. Will he find redemption in the ring or will he succumb to his own mortality?

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