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Win Win
March 20, 2012  | By David Bianculli

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Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan play a married couple in this character 2011 study, which has him coaching a high school wrestling team and finding a diamond in the rough with one new wrestler in particular. Alex Shaffer, who plays the new recruit, was a real-life high-school wrestler who had never acted in a film before. Giamatti should get partial credit for coaching him there, too: Their scenes together are quite good. And, at times, quite surprising.
 
 
 
 
 
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