The Wrestler/YMMV

"Ram: You're my girl. You're my little girl. And now, I'm an old broken down piece of meat... and I'm alone. And I deserve to be all alone. I just don't want you to hate me."
 * Award Snub:
 * Losing Best Actor to Sean Penn in Milk.
 * Marisa Tomei losing Best Supporting Actress (to Penelope Cruz), and the film itself not even being nominated for Best Picture, Director, or even Screenplay!
 * Due to a technicality, Bruce Springsteen's ending credits theme "The Wrestler" was disqualified from being nominated for Best Original Song.
 * Crowning Moment of Funny:
 * "The Nineties fuckin' sucked" conversation between Randy and Cassidy.
 * Also, Ram playing video games with the neighbor kid: "Call it doody four?"
 * There is a scene where Ram is working in a deli at a supermarket. It's quite subtle, but with his plastic gloves on he picks his nose right in front of an old woman (and a customer to boot).
 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: Randy's conversation on the pier with his daughter.


 * Fan Disservice: The butt shot where Randy injects steroids on himself. Which, to make matters worse, shows up on the DVD menu.
 * Genius Bonus:
 * Randy uses the Diving Headbutt as his finisher, the move that caused a lot of Chris Benoit's brain damage.
 * In the very first scene, someone praises Randy backstage because he "put [his opponent] over", implying that Randy lost in a way that made his opponent look good.
 * Tear Jerker: The film is a manly example of this trope. At a private screening for the legends of wrestling, Roddy Piper reportedly broke down crying.
 * The Woobie: Randy, for his struggles with the world outside of pro wrestling.