I'm amazed that there are actually some genuinely great movies out just now. After almost thinking 2023 was a pretty poor year all round. The Iron claw though comes in late as possibly one of the best, and is only let down by one (major) creative decision.
I've never been all that into wrestling so you don't have to be a hardcore fan to be into the movie. Though the wrestling scenes are genuinely well done. The film is more of a tragic story. That will be truly heartbreaking to most, as its all set around a tight family. This unbelievablely true story has great performances. Particularly by Halt McCallany as the tough father in the movie.
Zack Efron however is the star, and its hard not to apprictiate how jacked he got for the movie. But on top of that he also gives a surprisingly heartfelt performance. The film overall is very sad. But there's also enough humour in there to keep it from getting too dreary. I was almost calling this a 10 out of 10 flick. But after hearing afterwards about part of the story being left out for no reason. I have too knock it down a bit. The cinema was the busiest i've seen it in ages though. So word has spread this is an oldschool film that you should definitely see.
I've never been all that into wrestling so you don't have to be a hardcore fan to be into the movie. Though the wrestling scenes are genuinely well done. The film is more of a tragic story. That will be truly heartbreaking to most, as its all set around a tight family. This unbelievablely true story has great performances. Particularly by Halt McCallany as the tough father in the movie.
Zack Efron however is the star, and its hard not to apprictiate how jacked he got for the movie. But on top of that he also gives a surprisingly heartfelt performance. The film overall is very sad. But there's also enough humour in there to keep it from getting too dreary. I was almost calling this a 10 out of 10 flick. But after hearing afterwards about part of the story being left out for no reason. I have too knock it down a bit. The cinema was the busiest i've seen it in ages though. So word has spread this is an oldschool film that you should definitely see.