Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Wrestlemania IX begins with well enough intentions, what with Shawn Michaels and Tatanka battle in a pretty crisp match. After that, however, the event takes a nosedive, with no matches even approaching entertaining until the Yokozuna/Hart finale (and even that is ruined by a Hulkster-sized ego).Usually on an event like this, I list my personal highlights. For this WM, the only "highlight" at all is the debut of Jim Ross at the microphone. Even that, though, is set off by the horrific "commentary" by Randy Savage. He should never be allowed near a mic after this debacle.Some of the other "lowlights" include:-Giant Gonzalez vs Undertaker, quite possibly the worst match in WM history. What a joke Gonzalez was. -The stupidity of "The Narcissist" Lex Luger character. You have to have the malleable mind of a child to find him at all appealing either as heel or babyface. -A match like Razor Ramon vs. Bob Backlund, two wrestlers who should have really "popped" at the vent, but instead just fall flat.Finally, the inflated ego of Hulk Hogan, which deserves a paragraph all its own. Clearly, the Hulkamania Era had run its course by this time. Hulk suddenly looks a lot less mammoth (gee, could that little steroid scandal have had something to do with that?), he has to tag-team with a gimmicked ("face-shield") Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, and he even comes to the ring with a swollen shut eye (a jet-skiing accident...or getting punched by Randy Savage over accusations of an affair with Miss Elizabeth?). Yet, even with those signs so clearly written on the wall, Hulk refuses to let Bret Hart "get over" and set up a mega-confrontation down the road. Nope. Instead, in a rather pathetic moment, he steals the spotlight all to himself. There is a reason he will be nowhere to be found on the next WM card.The only reason I give this event two stars is because of a slight childhood nostalgia factor (I got sucked into Doink, Crush, Tatanka, etc.). Other than that, though, this is the worst WM since the inaugural event.

OK, you have got to admit it, wrestlemanias don't get more better than this one. There are superstars at their best, and major ones to, such as Bret 'The Hit Man' Hart, Crush, the Hulkster ( Hulk Hogan) and Yokozuna! There is also Doink the Clown, in fact TWO Doinks! Also, you can see Randy Savage squaring of against the Ultimate Warrior! WrestleMania holds spectacular battles and also an Undertaker and Jake 'the snake' Roberts. You can watch these battles in "The History of WrestleMania," a DVD which comes free in a smackdown vs. Raw game for the PS2. There's all kinds of matches at WrestleMania, but whatever you do, please, don't try this at home!

The worst Wrestlemania ever.This had no must see bouts and many crap ones at that. This took place in Las Vegas and WWE made it's employees dress up like Egyptian gods! They even changed Howard Finkels name to Finkus Maximus, which probably doesn't mean anything. The sight of seeing Jim Ross in that terrible gown still gives me nightmares to this day and I'm 21 years old, so you could imagine it when I was 7 years old! Bobby Heenan was funny though.Matches included The Undertaker vs Giant Gonzales in a p*ss poor match, The Headshrinkers vs The Steiner Brothers in a useless match, Doink vs Crush in a comedy match and a boring match featuring Razor Ramon vs Bob Backlund. Hulk Hogan teamed up with Brutus Beefcake to battle Money Inc. You could clearly see Hogan had a black eye. In storyline purposes Ted DiBiase and IRS beat up Hogan while he was playing poker or something like that in the casinos, which is a poor storyline, but in reality, Macho Man Randy Savage hit Hogan because Savage thinks he's like The Hulk (no pun intended) no not the wrestler but the film character.The main event consisted of Bret 'Hitman' Hart facing off against Yokozuna in a very boring main event match. Mr Fuji threw salt in the face of Hart and Yoko won, but not until Hogan came down and squashed Yoko in 21 seconds.Overall Grade - E

This was a brilliant card for two reasons in my opinion-BRET HART and HULK HOGAN!(POSSIBLE SPOILERS)Hogan had 'retired' at the previous WrestleMania and when he showed up at this event I was very pleased being a Hogan fan and all. Hogan teamed up with Brutus Beefcake at this event to face Money Inc. for the tag team belts. Hogan and Beefcake didn't take the belts but Hogan would make his mark that evening...In the main event WWF Champion Bret Hart faced the late Yokosuna. Bret had won the title in late 1992 and had been a very good champion. He put up a good fight against Yokosuna and put on an entertaining match...but then he lost after some shenanigans on the part of Yokosuna's manager Mr Fuji.Then Hogan came down to the ring and beat Yokosuna in an impromptu match for his fifth WWF Title. The crowd were really into it after Hogan won the belt and I was cheering loudly at the time. I was looking forward to Hulkamania Phase 2. Little did I know back in April 1993 that Hogan would be gone from the WWF four months later and would not return for nine years.If you're not a Bret Hart or Hulk Hogan fan then there are some pretty decent undercard matches as well.