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Beyond the Mat
Directed by
Barry W. Blaustein
R
1999
1h 42m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
7.6
82%
83%
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A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.
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Cast of Beyond the Mat
Mick Foley
Self - Mankind
Terry Funk
Self
Vince McMahon
Self
Aurelian Smith Jr.
Self - Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jesse Ventura
Self
Noelle Foley
Self (uncredited)
Barry W. Blaustein
Narrator / Director / Writer / Producer
Michael Manna
Stevie Richards
Scott Levy
Raven
Mark Calaway
Self - The Undertaker
Tony Jones
Self
Michael Cariglio
Self
Darren Drozdov
Droz
Accie Julius Connor
D'Lo Brown
Dwayne Johnson
Self - The Rock
Paul Heyman
Self
Dennis Stamp
Self
Dave Meltzer
Self
Chyna
Self
Steve Austin
Self
Ron Howard
Producer
Brian Grazer
Producer
Barry Bloom
Producer
Beyond the Mat Ratings & Reviews
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
WWF documentary is OK for older teens.
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
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.
Variety
Robert Koehler
A gently and genuinely observed film whose subject is a garish, artificial display of mayhem.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Friendly, soft-hitting documentary.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
Beyond the Mat is crazily entertaining.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
This is the best documentary since Hoop Dreams
Austin Chronicle
Russell Smith
A center ring extravaganza of smackdown movie entertainment.
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
Beyond the Mat wants to blend thrills and pathos, getting at the many sides of what is, as Mr. Blau stein describes it, a carny act. The problem is that he doesn't articulate any of his own thoughts beyond a few slight asides.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It has a hypnotic quality.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Funny and touching documentary.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Blaustein suggests wrestling's appeal -- as a kind of primal spectacle closer to parades and pageants than any accepted form of sport -- without wondering at all why he finds it compelling.
Dallas Morning News
Tom Maurstad
So tired and dated.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
The wrestlers are cannier than Blaustein probably gives them credit for; they seem to be offering up their backstage lives to him in ways that mimic the soppiest of melodramas, and he falls for it.
Houston Chronicle
Ken Hoffman
Beyond the Mat takes all the fun out of the insanity that is wrestling.
Denver Post
Steven Rosen
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.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Beyond the Mat does what the wrestling game, with its manufactured personas, doesn't. It stays with the wrestlers until we start seeing them as people.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
Blaustein's documentary about championship wrestling is as voyeuristic, artificial and perversely compelling as the sport itself.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino
It grabs professional wrestling by the throat and rarely lets go.
Film.com
Robert Horton
The rampant hucksterism of big-time wrestling is in a long American tradition, and Beyond the Mat is a very smart first step in opening the subject up to clearer view.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
It's the most entertaining look at its world since Pumping Iron took on body-building.
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