This film is about the lengths wrestlers take to loose weight and the pressure parents put on their kids to be successful. So what. These are important issues, and their are some good films that deal with these topics (Dead Poets Society and Death of a Salesman deal somewhat with the latter--I am not familiar with any other wrestling movies), but this movie is not compelling in the least bit. This movie is poorly written, poorly directed, and poorly acted. The dialog is a fake as John Kerry. The movies strives to be witty, but it fails. The direction is not very good. I am sure wrestlers would enjoy seeing a five minute match, but those of us not familiar with wrestling could care less. Many times the movie will cut to a reaction shot of an actor who is not giving a reaction. Which brings me to the acting, or the lack thereof. The people who are striving to be actors really aren't acting. They are barely saying their lines. Some actors can be convincing as athletes (try Hillary Swank in Million Dollar Baby, a great "sports" film), but few athletes, if any, can be convincing as anything else. This is an after school movie with aspirations of being a Lifetime movie.