Wrestle

Name: Wrestle
Genre: Sport, Documentary
Released: February 22, 2019
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Chris Scribner, Jailen Young, Jamario Rowe, Jaquan Rhodes, Teague Berres

2019

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Oscilloscope | Release Date: February 22, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Chris Scribner, Jailen Young, Jamario Rowe, Jaquan Rhodes, Teague Berres

Summary: Hoop Dreams goes to the mat in this intimate, coming-of-age documentary about four members of a high-school wrestling team at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama’s list of failing schools. Coached by teacher Chris Scribner, teammates Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan each face challenges far beyond aHoop Dreams goes to the mat in this intimate, coming-of-age documentary about four members of a high-school wrestling team at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama’s list of failing schools. Coached by teacher Chris Scribner, teammates Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan each face challenges far beyond a shot at the State Championship: splintered family lives, drug use, teenage pregnancy, mental health struggles, and run-ins with the law threaten to derail their success on the mat and lock any doors that could otherwise open. Tough-love coach Scribner isn’t off the hook, either; he must come to terms with his own past conflicts while unwittingly wading into the complexities of race, class and privilege in the South. [Oscilloscope Labs]… Expand

Director: Lauren Belfer and Suzannah Herbert

Genre(s): Sport, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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The Playlist Gary Garrison

Feb 22, 2019

The intimacy that Herbert attains with the kids and the respect that she affords them prevents the film from ever seeming exploitative of their lives and hardships and rather gives it a thorough sense of empathy. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 21, 2019

Wrestle isn’t slick or impartial, and doesn’t claim to be, yet the movie has a raw honesty that disdains forced uplift. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Feb 28, 2019

Just as sports mirror society, so do the best sports films not only take us inside games and those who play them but also provide insight into our world and how it works. “Wrestle,” a superb sports documentary, does exactly that. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

May 6, 2018

Suspenseful as the actual matches are, there’s more tension in worrying just how intact these near-adults will make it to the even bigger stakes of post-high-school life, or whether they’ll be hobbled before they even leave the gate. Read full review

John DeFore

Feb 19, 2019

The first feature-length doc by Suzannah Herbert, it is smartly focused, offering nothing to distract from the stories it is able to fit within its running time. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 20, 2019

It’s a revealing film that doesn’t skimp on the pitfalls facing the four young men who are its subjects and the blind spots of the white coach who pushes, inspires and badgers them through a long, grueling season. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Feb 20, 2019

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

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jackoporter

Mar 3, 2021

A Powerful film with a strong drive from beginning to end, a true visceral, verite documentary experience.

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