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Created Dec 30, 2009 09:03PM PST • Edited Dec 30, 2009 09:03PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Perfect 5.0

   Living past your prime then tying to pull yourself up by your bootstraps – all through the eyes of a wrestler. Fascinating. Not only was the insider’s view into the world of wrestling incredibly interesting, but the intensity of watching “Ram” deal with loneliness, aging, an estranged daughter, a touch-and-go girlfriend, and a profession that didn’t need him as much as he needed it was gut wrenchingly sad.

4. Acting

   Really Great 4.5

   Could there have been a better fit for this movie than Mickey Rourke? I think not. The mannerisms, speech, physique – it was all there. Hulk Hogan and Sylvester Stalone all rolled in to one. I also love Marisa Tomei as Ram’s also-aging love interest

5. Male Stars Really Great 4.5

6. Female Stars Really Great 4.5

7. Female Costars Really Great 4.5

8. Male Costars Really Great 4.5

10. Film

    Perfect 5.0

    Aronofsky pulls off a new classic with this rough-edged film style that flirts between a traditional cast-centered drama with a realism that doesn’t often come easy. The characters are real, the story is real, and the emotion is real.

11. Direction Perfect 5.0

12. Play Perfect 5.0

13. Music Perfect 5.0

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.0

    Although not on par with many movies, some of the scnenes had be wincing and looking away. There, I said it.

17. Sex Titillating 2.0

18. Violence Fierce 2.0

19. Rudeness Salty 2.0

21. Reality

    Glib 1.2

    The reality of the story is one of this films hallmarks.

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.2

23. Biological Glib 1.2

24. Physical Glib 1.2