I said it was like being punched in the gut. Yea, this stuff goes on but in this movie it is way out of hand. It is the story of failure and burn out. It may be true but I don't have to like it. Passion and movies like Schindlers List have a purpose in dragging out these painful images and making us look them in the face. This move had no reason for dragging these things out except to expose the darker side of kids wrestling. I got from the director that he wasn't so much as oppposed to this type of behavior as he was just resentfull to the sport as a whole. If his message was to not do this to yourself than it takes a lot of searching to find this hidden meaning. I starved for two of the four years I wreslted in high school, it was stupid and I don't want to go back. Vision Quest is a little more acceptable because Louden is much older when he punnishes his body. Plus, I was just more entertained by Vision Quest than by "Pasion of the " Reversal.