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Bodybuilder

  • 20142014
  • 1h 44m
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6.1/10
660
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Bodybuilder (2014)
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Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his f... Read allTwenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his father's place in Saint-Etienne. The two men haven't seen each other for several years.Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his father's place in Saint-Etienne. The two men haven't seen each other for several years.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
660
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    • Roschdy Zem
    • Roschdy Zem(screenplay)
    • Julie Peyr(screenplay)
    • Bryan Friedman(novel 'The Bodybuilder and I')
  • Stars
    • Vincent Rottiers
    • Yolin François Gauvin
    • Marina Foïs
    • Roschdy Zem
    • Roschdy Zem(screenplay)
    • Julie Peyr(screenplay)
    • Bryan Friedman(novel 'The Bodybuilder and I')
  • Stars
    • Vincent Rottiers
    • Yolin François Gauvin
    • Marina Foïs
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    • 2User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Vincent Rottiers
    Vincent Rottiers
    • Antoine Morel
    Yolin François Gauvin
    • Vincent Morel
    Marina Foïs
    Marina Foïs
    • Léa
    Nicolas Duvauchelle
    Nicolas Duvauchelle
    • Fred Morel
    Roschdy Zem
    Roschdy Zem
    • Vadim
    Adel Bencherif
    Adel Bencherif
    • Luigi
    Dominique Reymond
    • Muriel, la mère d'Antoine
    Caroline Gaume
    • Caroline
    François Mazoue
    • Homme de main Luigi
    Marc-Antoine Duquenne
    • Homme de main Luigi
    Hicham Touabay
    • Le gérant du cybercafé
    Pasquale D'Inca
    • Philippe, le beau-père d'Antoine
    Emilie Fouques
    • Aline
    Philippe Eichler
    • Richard
    Fatou Andromaque
    • La caissière du supermarché
    Laurent Blanc
    • Marvin, le client handicapé
    Marie Trichet
    • Jeune fille pressing
    Baya Demongeot
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      • Roschdy Zem
      • Roschdy Zem(screenplay)
      • Julie Peyr(screenplay)
      • Bryan Friedman(novel 'The Bodybuilder and I')
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      Roschdy Zem: [Springsteen] Antoine and his Dad discuss the meaning of "Born in the USA".
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      Features Pumping Iron (1977)

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    5/10
    An average movie, full of bigger than average men.
    Bodybuilder is a very average movie, with a very average set of actors, a very average direction, but bigger than average men.

    It depicts the life of a bodybuilder whose son is in trouble with local thugs. This big guy is completely detached from his son's life to the point of not even remembering his age. Reluctantly, he gives him a place to stay to get him out of trouble, just as he is going through his last weeks of hard training for some bodybuilding championship. Surprisingly, his obsession with his bodybuilding career is put aside little by little as he grows fonder of his son.

    The story is nothing special as you can see, and nothing in the movie manages to make it better. Certainly not the passive acting, and lack of energy of everyone involved. If you find yourself wanting to watch a movie, it could just be acceptable enough for a night in which you are not paying too much attention to the screen. But again, even for that, there's plenty of better choices out there.
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    • santiagocosme
    • Mar 29, 2015

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    • Release date
      • October 1, 2014 (France)
      • France
      • French
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      • Saint-Etienne, Loire, France
    • Production companies
      • Hole In One Films
      • Mars Films
      • Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
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    • 1 hour 44 minutes
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