The Jesse Ventura Story

The acting is bad the story is fabricated and t5he plot lines are dumb i made a better movie then this https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=HwjSbUz2_pE Joey Maggs (The Movie) - Full Movie - By Kyle Sellars you will like this movie because unlike The Jesse Ventura Story this one is based on real events

I have no idea what the motive for making this movie was, but the actor that played the role of Jesse was so melodramatic I could not help but laugh at him. I was forced to watch Predator to renew my faith in him not being a sissy.

I don't doubt that Ventura thought about 'political' issues before he was elected... don't we all? So let's not slam dunk it down our throat. Jesse talks to wrestlers about unions, and health plans, leading me to believe Jesse cares about workers. He goes hunting with his dad and we learn he cares about the environment. Give me a break. Give us some credit.

You would think a guy who goes from flamboyant pro wrestler to Governor of Minnesota in twenty-two years would have an interesting enough life that they wouldn't have to turn it into a piece of fictional crap!

Here's the idea: Bret Hart gets screwed over by Vince McMahon and the WWF (albeit that was a work, too), they make a rather interesting documentary, Wrestling With Shadows, around it. That film gets great reviews, and Jesse Ventura gets elected Governor of Minnesota afterwards. Somebody at NBC must've seen that movie and, in typical Hollywood fashion, convinced whoever greenlighted this nonsense to combine the two, as no one would ever be interested in his *real* life (wink, wink).

I've been a wrestling fan since I was four (I'm eighteen now), and even though I booed him, I've never had anything but respect for Jesse Ventura, and he deserves better than this. He's not authorized this, and he's considering suing, and I don't blame him (the guy who plays him doesn't even sound like him!)

If you want a good wrestling film, watch Wrestling with Shadows, if you want to learn about Jesse's life, read his autobiography coming out. But by all means, stay away from this!

Typical glossed-over TV biopic saved by fine lead performance, and gung-ho spirit. The fellow who played the adult Ventura did an outstanding job. Supporting cast was fine, too.

NBC, who would have known the best TV network to make such a brainless movie. Not only did the writers get his wrestling story mostly wrong, the acting & outline was just AWFUL. WCW was written in mostly all the arenas for one thing. Governer Ventura even had the brains to not accept this as his movie. Jesse vs. Goldberg? Excuse me, but Goldberg never wrestled in the 70's! I can't really believe NBC had a lot to do with this movie. Before they make a movie about a wrestler, I hope they at least get things right! I give this movie no stars out of 4 stars. It was simply brainless.