Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoglu (2019) User Reviews

Story of Our Childhood Hero!

[stimpy_tr · 9/10 · 29 November 2019]

This is the true story of every Turk's childhood hero who have lived through 1980s. Naim Süleymanoglu is the world weightlifting champion who won gold medals in every competition he participated and became the pride of Turks. He had a difficult life as he was born in Bulgaria as Turkish minority and lived under the dictatorship of Bulgarian communist party. Turkish government made several attempts to bring him to Turkey.

As far as the movie is concerned, the events are a hundred percent historically accurate. The script is written with minute details. The performance of both young and adult Naim are praiseworthy. Most scenes are blended with great songs and they drew me back to past. This film is an outstanding achievement.

Naim Suleymanoglu

[abdulkadirtanoglu · 9/10 · 7 August 2020]

Perfect film for prove that people who suffer from communism

A nice biography documentary.

[abinizjoe · 9/10 · 30 November 2019]

What did i mean? 1. The movie isn't dramatized too much. Generally movie shows what's happening without effects. 2. The movie is very royal to real events. 3. Unlike most of the movie, 'bad guys' are not dumb, and they are not doing childish mistakes. 4. Acting is phenomenal.

Of course, the movie is not perfect: 1. Movie is way too nationalist. As the other reviewer said, this could be a successful global movie. But...This movie is only for us, Turks. However, the movie is not boring like Mountain 2- so i'm still recommending this. 2. The story goes too shallow, too superficial sometimes. More technical dialogues would be very good. 3. It's not exciting as you think. Unexpectedly, it's like a biography documentary.

Notes: -"People's Republic of Bulgaria", that's how movie introduces Bulgaria. The directors sensitivity deserves an applause. -I oftenly used Google Translate for this review, sorry for the weird english :D.

I loved it!

[elifzeyveli · 10/10 · 27 November 2019]

The movie was way better than my expectations: everything was just at the right amount. The nostalgia was sweet enough, music choice was delightful, visuals were amazing, acting was realistic and there was no unnecessary stuff like extra romance. And the kid that played child Naim and the man played adult Naim looked so alike that I almost wondered if they filmed the movie for like 10 years :D

Great movie !!! You have to watch!!!

[martinnedkov · 10/10 · 25 August 2020]

A very emotional movie, I watched it with my parents and we felt great nostalgia, we even cried a little. This is the first time I've written a comment on IMDB because I wanted to express my emotion about how much I liked the movie. Congratulations to the whole and the actors of the film. Greetings from the Netherlands (But we are from Bulgaria

Thanks Naim

[celal_kcmr · 10/10 · 10 August 2020]

Rest in peace Naim Süleymanoglu. He is definitely a true hero for Turkish people. We owe him so much.

A must watch!!

[mozyurek · 10/10 · 23 November 2019]

Great movie! The true story of a sports legend and probably the most successful one in Turkish history! You will definitely have your tears drop from your eyes.. He is a Turkish hero! The movie itself is very impressive and dramatic! Definitely a must watch!

Well directed, played and told movie

[billush · 7/10 · 2 December 2019]

As a biographic film this was shot very good wuth every aspects. Actors and actresses are very successful, story was told well, as a person who witnessed such tragedy and cruelty. Yes, the film was a bit fanatic about nationality, but we cannot see assimilation as a normal act. At that time the world did not know and care to know about these atrocities.

The man who had the world on his shoulders

[aysemina-16000 · 10/10 · 22 November 2019]

A small man but a giant for humanity. Incredible, wonderful , a must see for all.

Great Story But

[alexunderweightlifter · 6/10 · 25 August 2020]

As a weightlifter i loved the storyline and the acting but why they couldn't have someone with better lifting skills that that?? At least they could have some real lifting videos or someone better to do the lifting scenes many times he was lifting even without his weightlifting shoes thats not happening almost never, other than that i did watch this movie only because he was the firts to win and is one of the 4 weightlifter who won 3 gold medals in their life.. Rest In Peace pocket hercules!!

The best movie in Turkey

[x_pitis_x · 10/10 · 3 December 2019]

The plot, actors, music affected me deeply for days... This is the first time l write a review for a movie. You should definetely watch it!

Cliché

[aydinselte-854-188320 · 6/10 · 20 December 2020]

Started very impressive. Screenplays are amazing. Topic is charming. But typical Turkish exaggeration and clichés. Very predictable acts and scenes. Annoying, irritating patriotic scenes. Incompatible soundtrack.

Started encouraging. Continued with clichés. Finished senseless. 6/10

Must Watch!

[ucareremre · 10/10 · 13 August 2020]

This movie shows up how to shoot a turkish bio movie. Every part of movie is so clean and so excated from first and last second. I like the camera movements and dialogs, so good color grading, best cinematic looks and technics. Thanks to all of crew that they are show us the real champion

Really enjoyed that!

[yavuzparla · 10/10 · 24 November 2019]

Telling the real life of a man begins from a little village to world's biggest cities. I have not watched a movie like this for several years.

Naim

[kultfilmavcisi · 10/10 · 3 December 2019]

You need to watch if you wonder about a heros life.

words are not enough to describe this film

[aysemina-16000 · 10/10 · 22 November 2019]

He risked his life and used sports to draw attention to human rights violations. This sacrifice deeply affects us all. He lost his life at the age of 50. it is almost the natural result of a consciously preferred journey. Makers of this film had a heavy responsibility. They told the story of self-sacrifice, not any life. As the director of the film Feyzioglu says.

Powerful biography of Naim Suleymanoglu

[tuvanaacar-90344 · 10/10 · 10 December 2019]

Real life story of Naim Suleymanoglu. Perfect movie.

awesome movie

[tbabatunkuz · 10/10 · 9 August 2020]

This movie should be watched. Awesome movie. May God rest your soul in heaven Naim Suleymanoglu

Good story, bad movie.

[rcmuzayedeankara · 1/10 · 30 November 2019]

Naim Suleymanoglu deserves better. Agitation agitation agitation as it is said in the series "The World of Lie".

Perfect - History of a HERO

[salihbayar · 10/10 · 11 December 2019]

The best movie I have seen in recent years. With his help, many Turkish people escaped Bulgarian communist regime. Peace be upon him.

Absolutely Accurate a Storytelling.

[emrahserdaroglu · 10/10 · 7 August 2020]

Of course new generations couldn't understand those years and may see some exaggeration but it is not. the story telling is actually moderate. the film is not pumping nationalism. it has nationalism. but the story absolutely accurate.

one of the best Turkish movie and story telling.

Fantastic biographical movie

[ozkulbaz · 10/10 · 28 November 2019]

This movie is crated real story. If you like to watch biographical movie it's going to be top of your list.

A hilarious film

[cureshod · 10/10 · 8 December 2019]

A must watch movie! Awesome. A short look to Bulgarian communist party history.

A Perfect Real Life Story

[sercanbuke · 10/10 · 7 August 2020]

A fantastic story of a fantastic hero. I strictly recommend to watch this movie. The story makes us proud.

Must watch!

[medinebulutmb · 10/10 · 5 January 2020]

Probably the best movie I've ever seen in my whole entire life..