Bigger

Play trailer

1:25

Bigger

PG-13

2018

1h 47m

History

Drama

Biography

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

11%

Tomatometer

9 Reviews

78%

Popcornmeter

100+ Ratings

Siblings Joe and Ben Weider overcome anti-Semitism, conventional wisdom and poverty to become fitness entrepreneurs. Against all odds, the brothers launch the gym movement, create an empire and discover a bodybuilder named Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Stream Now

Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

10/12/2018

2/4

As relatively handsomely mounted as this movie is, it's also kind of a shambles.

Go to Full Review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

10/11/2018

Without a sturdier script featuring fully dimensional characters... the performances prove to be as unconvincing as their ethnic accents and period wigs.

Go to Full Review

Robert Abele

TheWrap

10/11/2018

A missed opportunity, the kind of yo-yo-ing highlights version of a life that seems less examined than expedited.

Go to Full Review

Courtney Small

Cinema Axis

12/17/2018

F

the film follows the biopic formula so closely that it loses its identity in the process.

Go to Full Review

Chris Knight

National Post

10/12/2018

2/5

The Weiders denounced drinking and espoused protein shakes, but the film suggests you can never have too much cheese.

Go to Full Review

Michael Ordoña

Common Sense Media

10/12/2018

2/5

Overly sanitized biopic tackles bigotry; mild violence.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

@Kelsey226 03/05/2024

Great movie and performances!

See more

01/16/2022

Just a long boring promotion for Weider and the Mr Olympia. Get me a bucket.

See more

02/16/2021

If you are into weight lifting then it is interesting if not well. I pretty much knew the story of the Weider brothers and their split from the AAU. Overall it is good flick.

See more

05/15/2020

This movie is terrible.

See more

09/03/2019

It was an ok movie. Something to pass the time. It isn't a true biography though. The "villain" was a composite character of different people so, it's difficult to say what is true or false.

See more

09/02/2019

so good. Can't believe the negativity. I absolutely loved it.

See more

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

POST RATING

George Gallo

Director

Tyler Hoechlin

Joe Weider

Aneurin Barnard

Ben Weider

Julianne Hough

Betty Weider

Victoria Justice

Kathy Weider

Colton Haynes

Jack Lalanne

The Founder

80%

82%

The Founder

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Founder

Marshall

80%

84%

Marshall

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Marshall

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

40%

73%

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Race

64%

77%

Race

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Race

The Current War: Director's Cut

61%

79%

The Current War: Director's Cut

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Current War: Director's Cut

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Bigger: Trailer 1

1:25

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

Siblings Joe and Ben Weider overcome anti-Semitism, conventional wisdom and poverty to become fitness entrepreneurs. Against all odds, the brothers launch the gym movement, create an empire and discover a bodybuilder named Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Director: George Gallo
Producer: Steve Lee Jones, Scott LaStaiti
Screenwriter: Andy Weiss, George Gallo, Brad Furman, Ellen Sue Brown
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: Red Sky Studios, Bee Holder Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Violence|Some Suggestive Content|Thematic Elements)
Genre: History, Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 12, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.8K
Runtime: 1h 47m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)