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starstar Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstar Lou Lumenick - NY Post
starstar Owen Gleiberman - EW
starstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
star Tom Keogh - Film.com
star Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
star Steve Simels - TV Guide
star Kendall Morgan - Dallas Morning News
star Jeff Vice - Deseret News
star James Berardinelli - ReelViews
star Allan Johnson - Chicago Tribune
star A.O. Scott - NY Times
Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
Susan Stark - Detroit News

[O]n its own lowbrow, low-forehead terms it accomplishes what it sets out to do

- Mark Burger

Cynical, vulgar and assaultively noisy, Ready to Rumble manages to insult not only pro wrestlers but also their fans. It’s a crude, lewd exploitation picture about a fake but skillfully exploited sport

- Susan Stark

Ready to Rumble

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David Arquette and Scott Caan leave their small town to find their defeated wrestling hero (Oliver Platt) and help him revive his career. Bill Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Page Falkinburg, Martin Landau, Steve Borden, John Goodman, Chris Kanyon, Chris Owen, Jack Palance. Director: Brian Robbins (2000, PG-13)

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