A wide-ranging look at the use of performance-enhancing drugs in America
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09/19/08
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Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 66
Fresh: 64
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Consensus: Bigger, Stronger, Faster* is a fascinating, informative, entertaining and especially introspective account of the American 'enhancement' culture.
Theatrical Release: May 30, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $216,748
Synopsis: In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our athletes take performance-enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores... [More]
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Reviews for Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
Pessoal como Moore (incluindo um momento Roger and Me com Schwarzenegger) e auto-referencial como Spurlock (mas mais honesto), Bell cria um filme que levanta questões realmente relevantes sobre a caça às bruxas relativa ao uso de esteróides.
08/25/08
Like many of the best documentaries, [it] doesn't take us exactly where we expect to go.
08/13/08
Bell's film is in need of an unbiased editor, but his conclusion that the use of steroids is rooted in a poisonous American belief that bigger is inherently better and second best is just first among losers is compelling.
08/08/08
Giving his film real emotional kick are the personal stories of Mad Dog and Stinky, two average guys chasing a media-fed dream that will only result in disappointment.
07/25/08
An an insider, Bell's work here is comprehensive to the point of over-saturation, but it's all so alien and interesting that it doesn't bog down.
07/25/08
It may or may not change your opinion of how we should treat steroids in America, but it will at least give you greater sympathy for people who use them.
07/24/08
A thoughtful, informative and thoroughly entertaining examination of the role of performance-enhancing drugs in modern life.
07/24/08
The unique point of view -- from a guy who used to take steroids and has two brothers who still do -- is the reason to see this.
07/01/08
Bell makes some good points about the dark side of the American dream, but much of his argument about steroids is muddled.
06/27/08
A lively and incisive look into the nation's growing preoccupation with pumped-up superlatives.
06/23/08
But in the end I think Bell is not so much pro-steroids but rather eager to open up a debate about the drug. He doesn't pretend to have answers but he's full of questions.
06/14/08
Smart, touching and enlightening, a combination that makes Bigger, Stronger, Faster the best documentary of the year so far.
06/13/08
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