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In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.
23 November 1996, Wahiawa, Hawaii, USA
4 April 1986, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 August 1988, Andover, Kansas, USA
23 August 1970, Houston, Texas, USA
9 June 1994, Sacramento, California, USA
December 15, 2016
It may be by-the-book, but "American Wrestler" is a story well worth telling.
December 19, 2016
Only a middling example of its genre ...
December 17, 2016
"American Wrestler" is mostly tired old formula. Still, what the movie lacks in originality it makes up for in personality ...
