Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

maiquedi It's a must-see for wrestling fans, but it's not just with them in mind. It also addresses people who don't understand the art of sports entertainment itself. To call this a biography of Bret Hart's career would be an understatement.To begin with, although it features mainly comments from Bret Hart himself, it's not actually biased towards "The Hit-man" - it features in fact takes on many of the wrestlers and Mr. McMahon himself. Most importantly, though, it's a deep journey into the unknown world of Wrestling behind the scenes: it doesn't hide the fact that most results are staged, but it also shows us why "Sports Entertainment" is enjoyed by so many people, why there are the good guys and the bad guys in the rivalries between the performers, and points out that the stigma of wrestling being fake is an overstatement. As Bret said, and I quote: "There is an art to wrestling, but people never come up to say 'You're a hell of an actor', they always come and say 'You're a phony!' Naturally, one big part of the documentary involves Bret's personal life and endeavors involving family members and fellow wrestlers, including the popular and shocking "Montreal Screwjob," and it does an excellent job at that. However, this is not just about "The Hit-man", it's about Wrestling Entertainment itself, its performers arduous tasks and lives outside the ring and how the fans define what they do. It's an awe-inspiring perspective that makes all sense and, without hiding anything, portrays the business as something even not only intriguing but also exciting and that has even once defined a rivalry between people from the U.S. and Canada.

Howlin Wolf Bret Hart just comes across as a whiner, to me. If you wanna be in a position where you get to have a say in the outcome of matches, then you become a booker. Wrestlers are there to wrestle. They get paid millions and their share of the limelight, so the least they can do is to do as their boss asks. Yes, it was unscrupulous of Vince to go back on their agreement - but Bret had already shown himself not to be a team player, thinking of his own reputation before making sacrifices to move the company forward. The key word is 'entertainment'; there's no such thing as integrity of character in a profession that is coordinated using pre- planned results. You look at the rare breed of performer who've had an unbroken run with one company - I bet during their tenure they've had angles they disliked or didn't totally jive with, but they've worked it out somehow and done as requested, because that's what they're paid for. Millions of ordinary civilian workers have aspects of their jobs that are tough to swallow, but they take it as part of the deal... Why should wrestlers expect to be treated differently?

tayzlorimdb Vince didn't need to screw Bret Hart over. Bret had been loyal to the company for a great time over a decade. But Vince was still afraid that Bret might do something. So Vince took drastic measures. Shawn Michaels, that lying-conniving piece of trash was in on it. He had the audacity to lie to Bret's face right after the match. Bret wasn't gonna do anything to deface the world title. He simply wanted to retain the title in his native country in front of his fans. After that, he would make one more appearance on Raw the next night and drop the belt and leave the WWE forever. But alas, that was not to be. HBK put Hitman Hart in the sharpshooter, Vince quickly waved for the bell to be rang(Hart hadn't even tapped out, and he wasn't going to, the plan was for Hart to reverse the hold and eventually win the match)and the most infamous moment in WWE history was made. Damn Vince, damn him to hell. Damn Shawn Michaels to hell. That's my take on the whole incident. As for the documentary. I say it's fantastic and it desereved all of the awards and acclaim that it received. Bret"Hitman"Hart will go down as the greatest wrestler of all-time. He's the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

G-Com I bought "Wrestling with Shadows" a few years ago. I recently found it and decided to watch it just to see if my opinion of Bret Hart and his WWF exit had changed. It hadn't. Not one bit.Bret Hart forgot that pro wrestling is a work. His insistence that dropping the WWF world championship to Shawn Michaels in Montreal, Canada was unacceptable is flat- out ludicrous. Bret can't stand Shawn -- that's the crux of the issue. Bret Hart simply didn't want to put Shawn Michaels over and leave WWF in a classy manner. The fact that the show was in Canada is irrelevant.And what happened when he appeared on WCW television the first time? More whining.And that scene of his wife whining at the wrestlers? Puhleeze! Like they had anything to do with it. Vince McMahon said "Bret screwed Bret because he wouldn't do right by the business that made him." He's right.