Magazine Dreams (2025) on Netflix
Killian Maddox, an aspiring bodybuilder, trains for competitions and aims to become a champion. He works at a grocery store, writes letters to his idol Brad Vanderhorn, and asks out Jessie.
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- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb7.0/108,527 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes83%
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Plot summary
Killian Maddox works at a grocery store and spends his life training, convinced that bodybuilding will make him a champion. He lives with his grandfather, Paw-Paw, after his father killed his mother and then himself. The steroids he takes to build his physique bring physical ailments, and doctors warn him of permanent damage, but nothing turns him from his goal. He has frequent emotional outbursts and struggles to express what he feels. At the store he tries to ask out Jessie, and he sends letters to the fitness champion Brad Vanderhorn describing his ambitions and his phone number, hoping for a call.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Magazine Dreams (2025)
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- At the Sundance premiere of Magazine Dreams, the production team declined to supply an open captioned print, and the seat-side captioning device given to juror Marlee Matlin malfunctioned, so the jurors walked out together in support of her.
- Searchlight's parent Walt Disney Studios removed Magazine Dreams from its December 8, 2023 release date over the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike and assault allegations against star Jonathan Majors, and gave the slot to Poor Things.
- To play bodybuilder Killian Maddox, Jonathan Majors ate 6,100 calories a day for four months and trained six hours every day to build and hold the extreme physique the part required.
