A Wrestling Christmas Miracle

Do yourself a favor and don't watch this movie. Laughably bad performances and a laughably bad script.

I don't even know where to begin with for this movie...?

Mainly it was just a bunch of random segments trying to tie together to one cohisive story that really made no sense at all...!

The best I could gather from the story: it's about a junior wrestler who gives up the sport to make a movie he hopes will wake up his comatose friend for Christmas, with the help from his father who is an Olympian wrestler with a strange side career himself - and that's how I can describe it to the best of my ability.

To call it a movie is a bit of a stretch - I would rather describe it as a fever dream that had somewhat of a concept behind it.

So bad it might be good. Straightaway reminiscent of "Melos: The Hands of Fate" in terms of production quality, storytelling, acting, et cetera. Fully expect this to appear on MST3K (if they're still around). The only legitimate wrestling appears in the opening montage, showing that the boy has wrestling talent. Elsewhere this is pure dreck, full of idiot characters along with a small smattering of Big Time wrestling.

Not enough thought has gone into the script. For example: one scene displays wordplay on "bear" versus "bare," as in "the cupboard is bare" versus "a bear in the woods." No one considers that someone might be "bare" in the woods, or that there could be a "bear" hiding in a cupboard. Nor does this extend to anyone needing some "Bayer" aspirin for a possible headache, in which there might be some "Bayer" in a medicine cabinet.

Anyone can see those who made the movie are trying to inflate the rating with 10/10. This is insulting in the first few minutes towards those with autism, the blind and the hard of hearing. As the movie goes on it becomes increasingly raciest, and a collection of ignorant voices/accents.

This movie makes me physically ill. It's not funny, it's not heartwarming, it's nothing but uncomfortable. If you want a movie that's so bad it's good... avoid this. It's just bad. Very very bad.

Okay, this is not a great movie. Adjust your expectations. It's an independently produced, low budget effort that seems to be one of at least two vehicles conceived to push the acting/athletic efforts of Mario Del Vecchio. That said, it's an amusing, annoyingly charming holiday effort that's (gasp!) safe for families and kids. Really. Everyone seems to be having a good time--the script is preposterous, and the dialogue so over the top, that the actors can't do anything more than ham it up. Maybe it was the spirit of the season, but I really couldn't diss this movie too hard. It's not an endurance test like, say, "Things" or "Manos the Hand of Fate", but it's also not a camp fest or some vehicle for unintentional irony. Mario Del Vecchio may never hit it big as a child actor, but this good-natured little flick certainly possesses plenty of holiday cheer.