Bigger
Brothers Joe & Ben Weider were the architects of muscle. Against all odds, they launched an empire. Along the way they discovered Arnold Schwarzenegger, inspired female empowerment, championed diversity, and started a movement that changed the world.
11 December 1969, Kingston, New York, USA
8 May 1987, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, UK
14 January 1974, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
October 12, 2018
It doesn't matter how hard Hoechlin is trying when every other inch of Bigger looks and sounds so patently fake.October 09, 2018
After an hour of being a film you endure rather than enjoy, the character of Arnold enters Bigger, played by Australian body-builder/actor Calum Von Moger, and he is a revelation.October 11, 2018
A missed opportunity, the kind of yo-yo-ing highlights version of a life that seems less examined than expedited.October 12, 2018
The Weiders denounced drinking and espoused protein shakes, but the film suggests you can never have too much cheese.October 11, 2018
Without a sturdier script featuring fully dimensional characters... the performances prove to be as unconvincing as their ethnic accents and period wigs.October 12, 2018
Overly sanitized biopic tackles bigotry; mild violence.December 16, 2018
the film follows the biopic formula so closely that it loses its identity in the process.October 12, 2018
...it's ultimately difficult not to embrace the rags-to-riches bent of the central character's trajectory of success.October 12, 2018
As relatively handsomely mounted as this movie is, it's also kind of a shambles.October 07, 2018
I thought the characters were well-fleshed (in more ways than one).