Eddie - Strongman

2015

Documentary

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IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 1231 1.2K

Plot summary

Truck mechanic, husband and father of two, Eddie Hall wants to be the World's Strongest Man. This feature documentary vividly illustrates the sacrifices that this extremely driven man must make to chase his dream. He will stop at nothing. He trains, eats, sleeps and breathes strongman, competing all over the world and breaking records. He faces not only gargantuan competitors, but his own inner demons as he strives to leave behind the scars of his teenage years. This film gets under the skin of a man totally dedicated to becoming the greatest and offers an engrossing snapshot of an unforgettable character, Eddie - Strongman.


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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by witster18 8 / 10

Enlarged Heart

"Eddie - Strongman" is a fine documentary that succeeds on many levels, but is driven by the flamboyance, dedication, and sensitivity of it's main character.

The film could have elevated into 10/10 territory with a little more of Eddie's background and a little more background on Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

In terms of showing the softer side of the man, and the harder side of strongman competition and training, the film is truly amazing. It's an intimate albeit somewhat incomplete look into its' lead character. We know he has inner-demons but the film doesn't really dive-into that information/history, and it's that information and more background on the area where he's from, that are the only things holding this film back from true greatness. It's still a good movie. The film exceeded expectations and tugs at the heartstrings of the viewer. It also catapulted into my top-25 for 2015(16). I wasn't expecting that by any means.

I recommend "Eddie - Strongman" for anyone, and especially for those movie- buffs seeking a good recent documentary that had seemingly fallen through the cracks for me. I saw this on Netflix on Christmas Day 2016, and decided to give it a whirl. The wife and I liked this documentary.

Eddie Hall is quite the character, but he also seems like a genuine, and genuinely nice guy, despite his brash competition persona.

Check this out!

79/100 SOlid! You'll Like This if You Liked: King of Kong(awesome, a touch better than ES), I Hate Christian Laettner/30 for 30(about even, also very good). I've only ranked 565 of 4300 films an 8 or better. In other words - it's in the top 13% of everything I've rated.

Reviewed by bearsss 7 / 10

Eye opening documentary

This documentary was very good in that it shows the inner preparations and sacrifices of a strongman competitor (Eddie Hall). The suffering they put themselves and family through, for low monetary value was eye opening. It really humanizes the men that are on TV once a year to pull trucks or throw kegs over their head. They all have incredible aspirations to become the strongest among them. Eddie Hall has a skewed mindset from your normal husband and father of two. Where he sees his children and wife very little and honestly doesn't seem to care about their lives or problems for most the movie. The human inside comes through at the end. To be honest this film did more than grab my attention, I will most likely watch Worlds Strongest Man next year.

Reviewed by jamessebastianbell 8 / 10

Well-made and surprisingly enjoyable.

Engaging and entertaining documentary providing insight into the world of Strongman competitions. Well-made and surprisingly enjoyable. As someone who doesn't follow Strongman I was not expecting to find the movie so interesting. The viewer gets to shadow man-mountain Eddie Hall (Strongman competitor) over a period of three years. My wife has been known on numerous occasions to stop watching movies and so it is a testament to how well this film has been made that she was not only fixed to the screen throughout but laughing out loud on a number of occasions. An 8 out of 10 may seem mean but movies never get a 10 from me. An 8 is outstanding considering I was anticipating a 5.

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