Gentle giant

November 13, 2012 12:57 PM

Teddy Bear(trailer) is a movie about a Danish bodybuilder in search of love. Kim Kold, actual bodybuilder, stars.

Muscle & Fitness: Debunking Bodybuilder Stereotypes

'Teddy Bear' (or, '10 timer til paradis') is director Mads Matthiesen's feature debut, but is derived from his short film, Dennis(youtube, 18 mins. previously)

posted by the man of twists and turns (7 comments total)

Looks good - I want to see it.
posted by entropone at 1:17 PM on November 13, 2012

Man, whenever I see a guy that hugely massive in an acting role, all I can think about is how choice it would be for Marvel to make a Peter-David-era X-Factor movie with Strong Guy in it.
posted by Greg Nog at 1:18 PM on November 13, 2012

Having liked the short film, I'm excited about the feature. The Thailand plot device looks to be both heartwarming and accurate [nsfw].
posted by kickback at 1:48 PM on November 13, 2012 [1 favorite]

Saw this at Film Forum. The pace of the film was at times tortuously slow, but it was a good movie.
posted by hellomina at 2:29 PM on November 13, 2012

Seems like something out of the "swole acceptance movement".
posted by Ad hominem at 2:48 PM on November 13, 2012

I thought "Dennis" was an amazing piece of work. Looking cautiously forward to this. Thanks!
posted by churl at 4:07 PM on November 13, 2012

Saw the short film on one of Film Movement's DVDs. They usually pair their features with a bonus short from another filmmaker. Good to see Matthiesen developed it out. Plus I got an excuse to plug Film Movement, one of my favorite film distributors.
posted by Rykey at 11:10 PM on November 13, 2012