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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DallasFanForever" data-source="post: 383390" data-attributes="member: 13221">The Iron Claw (2023)As an admitted fan of professional wrestling growing up I was excited for this one. I had really low expectations going in though. After all, it’s such a tragic story and probably not the kind of movie you want to watch on Christmas Eve. The rave reviews have surprised me considering movies like this usually don’t do very well with the critics. I already knew the story of the famed Von Erich family. Five of six sons dying before the age of 33 cannot make for a happy ending, especially when three of those deaths were suicides. Nonetheless, it is an amazing story to watch as it unfolds, or perhaps unravels is the better word unfortunately. This movie was very frustrating to watch. I found myself wanting to scream at the screen many times, wishing these young men would just get away from their overbearing father and seek some much needed help. But unfortunately mental health awareness wasn’t as prominent back then as it is now. This movie is terrific. Quite frankly I’d even see it again. There is definitely a lesson to be learned from it, but leaving a theatre in tears on Christmas Eve sure isn’t fun.</blockquote>

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