It raises big, intriguing questions that rarely, if ever, come up in the hubbub about steroid use in professional athletics, particularly Major League Baseball.
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07/01/09
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)
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Reviews Counted:73
Fresh:70
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Bigger, Stronger, Faster* is a fascinating, informative, entertaining and especially introspective account of the American 'enhancement' culture.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Sports/Recreation
US 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?... [More]
Reviews for Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
Chris Bell's very personal documentary, tracking how steroid use influenced his body building family's game, health and interpersonal relationships, is neither an apology nor a hard-lined expose about doping.
05/26/09
If steroids were outlawed, only outlaws would have steroids
04/21/09
This is one of the best documentary films of 2008, along with 'Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father.'
01/29/09
Though somewhat repetitive and clunky, Chris Bell's Bigger Stronger Faster deserves credit for presenting a fairly evenhanded examination of steroids & their threat to the integrity of the country's sports industry.
11/25/08
A matter-of-fact funny and clever in-depth look at steroid use in modern-day America.
11/24/08
A wide-ranging look at the use of performance-enhancing drugs in America
09/19/08
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 fault is not in our steroids, but in ourselves.
07/16/08
...goes from poignant to amusing to tiresome...
07/04/08
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
It's an interesting story and is well-told for the most part.
06/26/08
A lively and incisive look into the nation's growing preoccupation with pumped-up superlatives.
06/23/08
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