A Skin So Soft

A Skin So Soft (French: Ta peau si lisse) is a 2017 documentary film, directed by Canadian director Denis Côté.

[2] A Canadian, French and Swiss coproduction,[3] the film chronicles the daily monotonous routines of a select few men whose lives revolve around extreme bodybuilding.

Coming from backgrounds as diverse as Strongman (strength athlete) to a longtime bodybuilder to a veteran, they all share one common and ultimate desire; to overcome the limitations of man.

In their review they admitted that while this was labelled a documentary, Côté was able to unsurprisingly captivate his audience by scraping a crafted tumultuous script and focus on the mundanity of their lives.

"[9] Slant Magazine's Clayton Dillard opined that Côté "consistently seeks to challenge the stereotypical displays of masculinity and meat-headed belligerence that weightlifters are prone to".