The Wrestler

I was lucky enough to snag a couple of tickets to the New York Film Festival's Closing Night screening of Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler." I LOVED THIS MOVIE. Mickey Rourke is brilliant in it and he will most certainly be nominated for an Oscar. I must admit that I have never been a fan of professional wrestling, but the story is so moving and Mickey Rourke's performance is so powerful, that you realize it's not really a film about wrestling at all. I'm not going to give away anything else. Go. See. This. Film. It opens on December 19th.