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PRESS

"There is a rough nobility in the way they strive for fame and success. The film is alive at every moment." 
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Vivid... The big night is sheer carnival hokum, an undistilled backwoods theater of makeup, masks, vinyl trunks and relentless pounding."
-The New York Times 

"Fascinating. It's fun watching these guys "hurt" eachother"
-New York Magazine, Editors Pick

"Beyond its sheer entertainment value, which is nearly boundless, the deeper appeal of "Fake It" lies in getting these raucous big lugs to expose their vulnerabilities without ever becoming canned anthropology or a joke at anyone's expense."
-The Wall Street Journal

"The film unearths the tough and complex life experiences."
-The New Yorker

"Unique and varying flourishes give Fake It So Real a stand-apart personality."
-The Playlist

"Director Robert Greene’s fantastic new documentary Fake It So Real, the sport has never seemed as intense and physically costly."
-Filmmaker Magazine

"In the tradition of the Maysles brothers, Greene films without comment and leaves it to the viewer to draw conclusions with some interesting contradictions to consider."
-Variety

"Fake it So Real is Real."
-WWE Hall of Famer "Mean" Gene Okerlund

"Absorbing and heartfelt."
- Spout

"If you’re looking for a film to take the piss out of wrestling and laugh at the aspirations of working class dreamers, look elsewhere. Instead, Fake It So Real provides something far more vital and moving; an examination of the fantasy lives of men whose experiences and aspirations are rarely articulated in the cinema."
-Hammer to Nail

"The frequently priceless film from a self-selected corner of America that's weirder and more complicated than it knows."
-L Magazine