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  • 2012
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Fake It So Real dives head-first into the world of independent pro wrestling. Filmed over a single week leading up to a big show, the film follows a ragtag group of wrestlers in North Carolina, exploring what happens when the over-the-top theatrics of the wrestling ring collide with the realities of the working-class South. Gabriel is th...

Directed By: Robert Greene

  • 2012
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • 1 h 35 m

Fake It So Real

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Fake It So Real dives head-first into the world of independent pro wrestling. Filmed over a single week leading up to a big show, the film follows a ragtag group of wrestlers in North Carolina, exploring what happens when the over-the-top theatrics of the wrestling ring collide with the realities of the working-class South. Gabriel is th...

Directed By: Robert Greene

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88
Apr 18, 2012
Fake It So Real filled me with affection for its down-and-out heroes, a group of semi-pro wrestlers in Lincolnton, N.C.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 23, 2012
One of the more admirable qualities of Robert Greene's Fake It So Real, is how it creates such a rich sense of place with such a mundane setting.
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75
Mar 19, 2012
Fake It So Real isn't just for wrestling fans. It will appeal to anyone compelled by the documentary medium's ability to tell stories.
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70
Mar 19, 2012
The title is an apt one, suggesting that for all its staging and overt theatrics, independent (read: non-WWF) pro wrestling makes huge demands on the body and spirit.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 19, 2012
The taunts in the ring may be make-believe, but the slams against the mat are agonizingly genuine in Robert Greene's vivid documentary Fake It So Real.
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Mar 19, 2012
Fake It So Real has been made with considerable more polish than other do-it-yourself documentaries such as "Total Badass," but the sensibility is similar.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 4th Row Films, Prewar Cinema Productions
Release Date Jan 13, 2012
Duration 1 h 35 m
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Website http://fakeitsoreal.com/
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Awards

Sarasota Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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