Why would the Pope,or anybody who rejects trashy movies like The Wrestler (cocaine, random sex, ugly violence), want to see anything by this director?
The Wrestler was really good. The scenes between Rourke and the daughter made me cry. In the interviews I have watched, the old school wrestlers, Piper, Valentine, Dibiase, Dallas Page, Lex Luger have all said that its pretty true to life of how the old guys are.
I wouldn’t call The Wrestler “trashy”... but it isn’t very uplifting... I think it tells a story... a cautionary tale... a tragedy.
Then again... Marisa Tomei gets naked. She had aged well.