Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Simply Perfect

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

What a delightful movie, with a positive story that promotes the power of hard work and following your dreams, but without trampling on everyone else. It is interesting how political issues of the time are intertwined rather naturally into the storyline. The plot stopped well short of being twee (which I expected) and I loved the line about Helga being less into heather than "come heather".Two things that struck me: the way Geordie showed us what the Scotsman was wearing under his kilt when he fell backward in the row-boat; and I may have been mistaken, but did the first aid given to the car accident victim include a cigarette???? There was a brief glimpse of him being attended to and I am sure I saw something hanging out of his mouth. Perhaps it was a thermometer.

saw this movie as a child in scotland and loved it. it popped up on tv a few years ago and i taped it but the quality was not great. if it ever came available as a vhs or dvd i would buy it in a heartbeat. a simpler time told in a simpler way. "come away ma wee geordie" was a classic line that reverberated in my head ...nostalgia...

Enjoyable fable with marvelous performances, especially by Bill Travers about the quintessential 98-pound weakling who through tutelage, transforms himself into a Charles-Atlas-type phenomenon. Some great moments are lost among a plethora of obvious sight gags. Overall, I consider it amusing, but it falls short of its potential to be memorable.

This movie is truly a classic... It is a classic story of a small boy who is tired of being small and rather than having sand kicked in his face, sends off for a "HE-MAN" mail order course... He then trains and dedicates himself to strength training and eventually grows to become an Olympic champion in the Hammer Throw, one of the Olympic strong man events... This movie is great and reminds us of days when Olympic champions were built from desire and hard work rather than todays steroids and other controversial techniques... A must see...