Strongman
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  • Summary: Strongman is a cinema verité documentary about Stanless Steel, The Strongest Man in the World at Bending Steel and Metal. Told with the kind of intimacy that can only be achieved with years of filming, Strongman follows the dreams and heartbreaking humanity of Stanless Steel—the only man alialive who can bend a penny with his fingers—as he struggles to gain control of a world that seems constantly out of his grasp. Strongman is a film about faith, about believing in yourself and a film about never giving up. It is a film about weakness and a film about strength. (No Props, Inc.)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Jan 27, 2011
    90
    Though filming his hulking hero off and on for nine long years, he (Levy) has created a work that feels remarkably out of time, a snapshot of a man - and a relationship - running in circles.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    Jan 25, 2011
    80
    Levy's deeply sorrowful but wonderfully affectionate doc depicts the wistful link between humanity and celebrity.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Mar 25, 2011
    80
    A strange and strangely beautiful movie.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Jan 28, 2011
    60
    To use carnival lingo: Thrilling? Not quite; since Levi's film has no clear goal for Stan to reach. Spectacular? Truth be told, those skeptical of Stan's abilities may still walk out as nonbelievers. Fascinating? Absolutely, because if you take time to listen, everyone's life is a three-ring circus.

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