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.
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06/14/08
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
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*
The performance-enhancing quality behind this muscular movie is director Chris Bell's willingness to go far beyond the call of duty.
05/29/08
It'll shake up your beliefs not just about steroids but about competition, hypocrisy, body obsession and American notions of masculinity.
06/09/08
An interesting and eye-opening journey.
06/19/08
The same lack of personal distance that keeps Bell from scoring cheap shots against the anti-steroid hysterics is the same connection that powers the film's emotional take on America's cult of winning.
05/28/08
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
There are even more provocative notions to be found in the movie's consideration of what it really means to cheat.
05/29/08
A wide-ranging look at the use of performance-enhancing drugs in America
09/19/08
Like many of the best documentaries, [it] doesn't take us exactly where we expect to go.
08/13/08
A hugely entertaining personal documentary about what steroids mean to American pop culture.
06/06/08
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
...manages to be two films at once: One is an informative portrait of a power-hungry society; the other is an intensely gripping narrative of personal growth.
05/27/08
By the end of [this] enlightening and infuriating documentary, the culture of winning has been decisively dissected and what is exposed isn't very pretty, but it is undeniably honest.
06/05/08
This young, talented filmmaker has as much muscle as he has heart and brains.
06/05/08
It's a fascinating and unexpectedly profound and melancholy meditation on what we have become as a country and on the misguided obsessions that made us this way.
05/30/08
Top CriticBigger, Stronger, Faster is not just an impressive first film, it's an impressive film.
06/01/08
Bell's film is not only captivating and entertaining, it takes an American subculture and turns our general understanding of it on its head.
05/29/08
...a tightly assembled doc that flows evenly and does its job of informing and entertaining the viewer.
05/30/08
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
More scrupulously reported than your average Michael Moore film but every bit as entertaining.
01/22/08
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