It's been a long time coming, but The Wrestler trailer is here at last, and it'll give you some indication why every critic and member of the public who has already seen the film has started buzzing about Oscars. Darren Aronofsky's film sees Mickey Rourke play Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a wrestler who was big in the 1980s but now ekes out a living at small shows and conventions. A regular at a strip club, he has a quasi-friendship with dancer Cassidy (Marisa Tomei), who encourages him to seek out and try to win back his estranged daughter Stephanie (Evan Rachel Wood). And in the meantime, Randy's offered the chance of a lifetime, a rematch with his most iconic opponent, The Ayatollah. The Wrestler is out here on January 16, which gives you six days to see it before Oscar nominations are announced on January 22 and everyone starts crowding in to see Rourke's performance (we're betting).

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L: CHUFFSTER So no-one else thinks this is just another Rocky Balboa with an actor whose face needs a puppet master to convey any emotion? Just me then! es. just you. ... Read More richCie About me
18:40, 22 November 2008 | Report This Post
So no-one else thinks this is just another Rocky Balboa with an actor whose face needs a puppet master to convey any emotion? Just me then! ... Read More CHUFFSTER About me
18:13, 22 November 2008 | Report This Post
So no-one else thinks this is just another Rocky Balboa with an actor whose face needs a puppet master to convey any emotion? Just me then! ... Read More CHUFFSTER About me
18:12, 22 November 2008 | Report This Post
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I think we forget how good Rourke is, this film looks set to remind us all. Like someone else who posted on here, I hope my local cinema shows this. First film of the new year to look forward. ... Read More Uncle Ludo About me
15:04, 22 November 2008 | Report This Post
RE: Absolutely Fantastic
L: keaneye I can't remember ever seeing a trailer where I had immediately empathized with the main character, but the Wrestler has achieved that. This is not one of those typical oscar roles where the actor feels he must be frighteningly intense like he's really gunning for that award, yet it already looks like a thoroughly powerful and convincing performance in a film that seems to have a very easy pace to it. sp; Damn right . I also got the feeling like we were watching his life unfo... Read More Beno About me
10:02, 22 November 2008 | Report This Post
Maybe gives actual wrestling more credibility
Might make people realise the fans love it for more than what is on the surface. ... Read More RevolloveR About me
22:30, 21 November 2008 | Report This Post
RE: I´m an old broken down piece of meat…
Looks excellent, cant wait to see this its about time wrestling got a decent movie made about it ... Read More krudler About me
21:56, 21 November 2008 | Report This Post
I´m an old broken down piece of meat…
I don´t care if it´s only a trailer, and what the finished movie will be like. That trailer alone gave me more of the feeling I want movie´s movies to give me, surely more than most of the BS I had to endure the last couple of years. ... Read More RoboMan24 About me
18:08, 21 November 2008 | Report This Post
wow, that does look seriously good. long time coming though, this trailer. glad it finally got shown. now i just gotta hope it shows in some cinemas near me! ... Read More richCie About me
16:59, 21 November 2008 | Report This Post
Looking forward to this.
If I lived in or around London would have definately seen this at the LFF, but won't have long to wait now till it gets here. Mickey Rourke seems to be right at home with this characer and it looks like Darren Aronofsky is back on form after the abysmally dull and up itself The Fountain. Still can't believe it was above the classic The Wicker Man in the top 500 films of all trime. ... Read More Taz69 About me
16:14, 21 November 2008 | Report This Post
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