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Certificate 15

Cast Paul Giamatti Alex Shaffer Amy Ryan Jeffrey Tambor Bobby Cannavale Burt Young Melanie Lynskey

Directors Thomas McCarthy

Screenwriters Thomas McCarthy

Running Time 106 minutes

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Paul Giamatti wrestles with the credit crunch

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Plot
Cash-strapped attorney and unsuccessful high-school wrestling coach Mike (Giamatti) starts pocketing a monthly windfall after a devious legal manoeuvre. Then miraculously a champion teen wrestler (Shaffer) arrives in town. Mike thinks he’s in a win win situation, but finds his responsibilities and anxieties multiplying faster than his lies.

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