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Even if you aren't a fan, Beyond the Mat provides a riveting, perceptive look into the world of professional wrestling by taking a closer look at the people beneath the personas.
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All Critics (67) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (55) | Rotten (12)
Documentaries are almost always more interesting if the filmmakers fess up about their relationship to the subject, as unabashed pro-wrestling fan Barry Blaustein does in this naively made, compelling homage to the sport. March 23, 2007 | Full Review…
Documentaries are almost always more interesting if the filmmakers fess up about their relationship to the subject, as unabashed pro-wrestling fan Barry Blaustein does in this naively made, compelling homage to the sport.
Lisa Alspector
A gently and genuinely observed film whose subject is a garish, artificial display of mayhem. March 23, 2007
A gently and genuinely observed film whose subject is a garish, artificial display of mayhem.
Robert Koehler
We tour the All-Pro Wrestling School in California and Philadelphia's fearsome Extreme Championships, but it's the studies Blaustein makes of several wrestlers that root the film. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
We tour the All-Pro Wrestling School in California and Philadelphia's fearsome Extreme Championships, but it's the studies Blaustein makes of several wrestlers that root the film.
Entertaining and twisted. March 19, 2002 | Rating: 3/4
Entertaining and twisted.
Liam Lacey
Beyond the Mat transcends its subject, pro wrestling, to become a wrenching, sobering, emotional glimpse at the lives of some men trapped by the aging process. January 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Beyond the Mat transcends its subject, pro wrestling, to become a wrenching, sobering, emotional glimpse at the lives of some men trapped by the aging process.
Steven Rosen
It centres on the distinctive, disturbing, weird, unnerving universe that is American wrestling which primarily presents legitimised violence as entertainment. January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It centres on the distinctive, disturbing, weird, unnerving universe that is American wrestling which primarily presents legitimised violence as entertainment.
Michael Thomson
There's no need to be a fan of American wrestling to enjoy Beyond the Mat. Blaustein concentrates on the idea of people living out dreams rather than the life of a wrestler, and in doing so succeeds in showing the brutal reality behind the pantomime. April 13, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There's no need to be a fan of American wrestling to enjoy Beyond the Mat. Blaustein concentrates on the idea of people living out dreams rather than the life of a wrestler, and in doing so succeeds in showing the brutal reality behind the pantomime.
Kaleem Aftab
WWF documentary is OK for older teens. October 14, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
WWF documentary is OK for older teens.
Nell Minow
Am engrossing watch, but it's far from the most fascinating and incisive look at its subject. January 3, 2010 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Am engrossing watch, but it's far from the most fascinating and incisive look at its subject.
Michael Dequina
Blaustein, Foley and Funk layeth the smack well and truly down. July 31, 2008 | Full Review…
Blaustein, Foley and Funk layeth the smack well and truly down.
Richard Luck
A very good film that both wrestling fans and non-wrestling fans will enjoy. May 26, 2006 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A very good film that both wrestling fans and non-wrestling fans will enjoy.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Barry Blaustein takes a long, hard look at pro wrestling and, while not making me a newborn fan of the sport, he taught me the intensity and sacrifice of those who enter the ring. April 9, 2005 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Barry Blaustein takes a long, hard look at pro wrestling and, while not making me a newborn fan of the sport, he taught me the intensity and sacrifice of those who enter the ring.
Robin Clifford
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