Teddy Bear
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  • Summary: The 38-year-old bodybuilder Dennis would do anything to find true love. He has never had a girlfriend and lives alone with his mother in a suburb of Copenhagen. When his uncle marries a girl from Thailand, Dennis decides to try his own luck on a trip to Pattaya, as it seems that love is easier to find in Thailand. (Film Movement)… Expand

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  1. indieWIRE
    Reviewed by: Eric Kohn
    Aug 23, 2012
    83
    A gigantic physique hides the fragile man beneath and Matthiesen ably follows the journey of that persona as it tunnels through mounds of muscle to reach the surface. In essence, the lion finds his courage.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Aug 23, 2012
    80
    Kold single-handedly carries the film, with his quietly powerful portrayal of a gentle soul in a giant's body.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    Aug 20, 2012
    50
    The low-key drama is well crafted and likable as far as it goes, but there's not enough narrative impetus or depth to maintain more than passing viewer interest.

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  1. Paganostaghetti
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    Other than Arnold Schwarzenegger, how many other body-builder movie stars do you know of? You know, those guys who look massive with the only purpose of their exercise being to win prizes for looking massive? Perhaps it’s just hard for them to break from a routine that makes them happy. Or maybe it’s that they simply can’t function doing anything else. Well meet Kim Kold, the star of Teddy Bear, a film about a bodybuilder named Dennis who just wants to find love from someone who can get past his ‘big exterior’. The two ways he finds happiness are through exercising, and being with his mom (Elsebeth Steentoft). His mom however, is seemingly only happy when she’s with her son. This is the relationship that really works in this film because you see that Dennis wants nothing more than to just be happy with someone else, but his mother has major control issues, and makes him feel guilty when he tries to leave her. Read the rest of the review at http://independentcinema.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/who-wouldnt-want-their-own-bodybuilder-to-cuddle-with-viff-2012/… Expand

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