Heartbreaking
I have to say I had some reservations about seeing this movie at first, I was expecting a Rocky-Style pump up the action movie, with spandex. Instead, you are pulled into a story of a man who knows he has nothing to offer this world (or his family), but his old, worn-down, broken body. Mickey Rouke's performane is nothing-short of brilliant, and Marisa Tomei beautifully (seriously, she looks great!) balances out the rest of the story's inevitable outcome. It takes a minute or two to get past the Director's almost documentary-style of filming but it does help pull you in to the story without being distracting. This will be a classic for may years to come.