
Jean-François, Ronald, Alexis, Cédric, Benoit and Maxim are gladiators of modern times. From the strongman to the top-class bodybuilder, to the veteran who has become a trainer, they all share the same definition and obsession with overcoming their limitations. They are waiting for the next competition, working hard in the gym and following extreme diets.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jean-François, Ronald, Alexis, Cédric, Benoit and Maxim are gladiators of modern times. From the strongman to the top-class bodybuilder, to the veteran who has become a trainer, they all share the same definition and obsession with overcoming their limitations. They are waiting for the next competition, working hard in the gym and following extreme diets.
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| Slant MagazineClayton DillardThe pleasure of Denis Côté's film radiates not so much from its storytelling as it does from the meditative force of its formal construction. Read our review. |
| Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersCôté’s film patiently paints a picture of men who are more than their bodies, revealing the emotions beneath the skin and muscles and challenging perceptions about them. |
| The Film StageRory O'ConnorCôté’s film does work very well for the most part as a somewhat cold, ornamental study of what our epidermal tissue looks like at terminal mass. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThis doc seeks the vulnerability in subjects who live in pursuit of iron-man ideals many of us find ridiculous. |
| VarietyJay WeissbergCôté assures them a humanity as well, without trying to analyze their obsession with this extravagant concept of masculinity, nor the need for self-display. |
| The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisTheir narcissism is repellent yet riveting, and Mr. Côté comes at his subjects with an artful, exploratory obliqueness that’s endearingly curious, as if discovering a whole new species. |
| CineVueJohn BleasdaleCôté employs a methodical reticence that often leaves the viewer guessing as to the significance of the images we are seeing. |
| Village VoiceSimon AbramsCanadian filmmaker Denis Côté holds up a shallow mirror to the world of bodybuilding in the underwhelming experimental documentary A Skin So Soft. |