The Strongest Man

Name: The Strongest Man
Genre: Comedy
Released: June 26, 2015
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 39

2015

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FilmBuff | Release Date: June 26, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Beef (Robert Lorie) fancies himself the strongest man in the world. After a brief encounter with a local yogi, he embarks on a journey to find his spirit animal, his stolen BMX bike, and the girl he loves. Triggered by anxiety, Beef must conquer his own demons in a deadpan quest to self-discovery.

Director: Kenny Riches

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Jun 25, 2015

The Strongest Man isn't flashy, moves to it's own unique rhythms, and glides along with a very specific sense of humor. But to the observant eye, and patient viewer who decides to hop along with the film's welcoming tone, they'll witness the voice of a filmmaker bursting with ideas and a number of ways to share them, even if he hasn't quite found his storytelling footing just yet. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jun 25, 2015

Thinly amusing, The Strongest Man stretches a short’s worth of potentially funny ideas to feature length, where they slowly and surely lead nowhere in particular. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

Jun 25, 2015

This is the kind of indie doodle of a movie in which several potentially interesting ideas co-exist but never quite come together and where supporters will call the narrative "freewheeling" while naysayers will insist on "rambling." Read full review

Martin Tsai

Jun 25, 2015

Although Beef and Conan are far from stereotypical, the quirkiness and eccentricities ascribed to them by writer-director Kenny Riches harp on their otherness all the same. Read full review

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BrookElison

Nov 11, 2015

The Strongest Man is an excellent indie film from a very talented group of indie-film people. Writer and Director Kenny Riches hits all the right notes in this fresh, breezy story of a young, mustachioed man named Beef who is compelled to search for his prized stolen BMX bike. While workingThe Strongest Man is an excellent indie film from a very talented group of indie-film people. Writer and Director Kenny Riches hits all the right notes in this fresh, breezy story of a young, mustachioed man named Beef who is compelled to search for his prized stolen BMX bike. While working alongside his best friend Conan in Miami, he converses and dreams, occasionally and casually displaying feats of great strength. He really likes a pretty young woman named Illi, and perhaps she likes him, too. See this film. I cannot imagine why someone would pan this wonderful film. I saw it at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and I immediately fell in love with it. Oh, and bonus! Patrick Fugit is in it! And his character is brilliant. The soundtrack is especially apt and the film is shot and edited impeccably well. Kenny Riches is one to watch because he's going to make some great films, and The Strongest Man is an impressive start. See it.… Expand

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