Wrestle

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Wrestle

Released Feb 22, 2019

1h 39m

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Four teens and their coach face personal challenges as they try to win the Alabama state wrestling championship.

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

One reason "Wrestle" is so effective is that director Herbert and cinematographer Sinisa Kukic made the decision to move to Huntsville for the duration of the shoot.

Feb 28, 2019

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Profiling four members of an underdog high-school wrestling team in Huntsville, Alabama, "Wrestle" constructs an empathetic portrait of a mat that's anything but level.

Feb 21, 2019

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Chuck Bowen

Slant Magazine

The documentary shines a piercing light on the sorts of people that our governments would too often rather forget.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 20, 2019

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Charles Solomon

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

This is a very moving film... You really become invested in these characters.

Sep 20, 2019

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Mark Jackson

Epoch Times

A thoroughly engrossing tale of one young coach's attempt to grow boys into men via the discipline of competition grappling, and a blistering depiction of failing public high schools in America.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 11, 2019

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Robert Denerstein

Denerstein Unleashed

Will these young men conquer in life as they sometimes do on the mat? We're not entirely sure, but we grow to like these kids and wish them well. That's a reflection of the involvement created by a good documentary.

Mar 7, 2019

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The Best Wrestling documentaries that I’ve seen. It’s very heart-touching,compelling,and inspiring to see how the four teens deal with their life on the mat and off the mat.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/19

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An extraordinary film that is both deeply nuanced and incredibly emotional. I'm definitely not a wrestling person, but I loved "Wrestle" -- more that the sport, it's about how we grow/ face adversity. SEE IT!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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This is an amazing and heartfelt film which draws us into the lives and struggles of four young men on a high school wrestling team in Huntsville, Alabama. It is a truly beautifully filmed documentary, well worth seeing...at least once.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/28/23

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Incredibly compelling and beautifully shot. A must see.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Great movie! So well made and interesting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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A powerful, touching (and funny!) work of sports and life in America today.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Four teens and their coach face personal challenges as they try to win the Alabama state wrestling championship.

Director: Suzannah Herbert, Lauren Belfer
Producer: Lauren Belfer, Seth Gordon, Suzannah Herbert, Steven Klein, Mary Rohlich
Screenwriter: Lauren Belfer, Suzannah Herbert, Pablo Proenza
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co: Exhibit A Pictures, Firefly Theater & Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 22, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 9, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.8K
Runtime: 1h 39m

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