Is The Wrestler actually good?

The Wrestler sits in the 92.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 92.2% of them.

How does The Wrestler compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, The Wrestler lands in the 95.4% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is The Wrestler's score based on?

570 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Wrestler's score.

2008

global pct

92.2

Film · 2008 · Films · 2000s

The Wrestler

Name: The Wrestler
Genre: Drama, Sport
Released: 2008

Scored from 570 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

92.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

95.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

99.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

570 calibrated reviewers

Summary

An aging professional wrestler, Randy 'The Ram' Robinson, struggles to hold onto fading glory two decades past his prime. After a health scare forces him out of the ring, he tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and pursue a relationship with an aging stripper, while wrestling with whether the spotlight is the only place he truly belongs.

The Wrestler is a 2008 drama and sport film.

The calibrated figure is built from 570 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 586 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 13,490 of whom clear the calibration test.