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The Main Event

The Main Event

Family · Comedy · 2020

An 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar by using special powers from a magical mask.

Movie details

The Main Event

“Big dreams need a little magic”

2020 Family · Comedy 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

An 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar by using special powers from a magical mask.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Main Event?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jay Karas

Written by

Larry Postel · Peter Hoare · Jim Mahoney

Seth Carr

Seth Carr

Leo Thompson

Tichina Arnold

Tichina Arnold

Denise Thompson

Adam Pally

Adam Pally

Steve Thompson

Ken Marino

Ken Marino

Frankie

Mike Mizanin

Mike Mizanin

The Miz

Momona Tamada

Momona Tamada

Erica

Keith Lee

Keith Lee

Smooth Operator

Court is in session

Put The Main Event on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.