Pro wrestler The Big Deal (Scarlet Moreno) is frustrated as the woman she was to fight tonight cancelled, and not all that's left for her is to stand in her boyfriend Little Lucha's (Josh Stifter) corner for support, but Little Lucha, while an incorrigible optimist, is pretty much a loser as a wrestler, at best middle of the card cannon fodder - and of course he loses tonight's fight as well - and still can't stop talking about what a special evening this was and how great The Big Deal was in his corner when they have dinner (in their full wrestling costumes) at a diner run by the hilariously incapable Callie (Meghan Carlson) later on. And this only augments her frustration, to a point where she's discouraging to a young fan of hers (Alyce D. Cooper). However, Little Lucha knows how to lift her spirits - even if it's going to hurt him in the process quite a bit ...

At its core, Little Lucha and The Big Deal is quite a heartfelt film, one about the frustrations that come with following one's dream - but not done as drama but as an hommage to 1980s wrestling with plenty of camp and humour and even gory bits that go well with the sport, which the filmmakers are quite clearly fond of. And on camera, Scarlet Moreno and Josh Stifter have just the right chemistry with one another to make the story work, and their performances are framed by a solid ensemble cast clearly in on the joke but mostly playing it straight, which makes this one piece of pretty wonderful entertainment,

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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