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.
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06/05/08
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*
This young, talented filmmaker has as much muscle as he has heart and brains.
06/05/08
The film isn't quite a memoir; it's also a platform to branch off into other areas, briskly and informatively and with a good deal of clearheadedness.
06/05/08
Bell presents an entertaining but ultimately sneaky piece. By the end of the doc, you realize the debate -- while informative and occasionally eye-opening -- is largely one-sided.
06/04/08
Bigger, Stronger, Faster is not just an impressive first film, it's an impressive film.
06/01/08
As intelligent, earnest, and challenging film that is only partly about steroids, and mostly about the culture that makes them go.
05/31/08
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Morgan Spurlock should be thrilled about the new documentary "Bigger, Stronger, Faster*."
05/30/08
There's been a glut of pointless first- person documentaries lately, but newcomer Christopher Bell has a legitimate personal take in his film about Americans who use anabolic steroids.
05/30/08
Powerful stuff.
05/30/08
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 CriticGoing beyond merely being a devil's advocate, Bell makes for an intelligent, engaging presence, forgoing the annoying forced naiveté proffered by Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock for tough compassion.
05/30/08
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* is also valuable because it anticipates weightier debates on related topics (gene doping, stem-cell therapy and cloning) where scientific and medical innovation intersects with public and private morality.
05/30/08
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* left me convinced that the steroid scandals will abate as the drugs are reluctantly accepted as inevitable products of a continuing revolution in biotechnology.
05/30/08
Top CriticA foreboding look at our conception of the human being: as a mechanism that can be sculpted, doped, enhanced, and perfected because, well, because we all want to be powerful and attractive.
05/30/08
...a tightly assembled doc that flows evenly and does its job of informing and entertaining the viewer.
05/30/08
A wise, engaging, and astoundingly comprehensive look at the steroid 'controversy.'
05/29/08
Bell isn't much of a camera presence, and he's an even worse journalist, but his ambitions for this documentary are commendable and, at times, incredibly eye-opening.
05/29/08
Like a cross between Super Size Me and Capturing the Friedmans, this is easily one of the best documentaries of the year.
05/29/08
There are even more provocative notions to be found in the movie's consideration of what it really means to cheat.
05/29/08
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* offers persuasive examples of circumstances in which we let people make their own choices, no matter how dimwitted, from plastic-surgery addiction to daredevil stunts.
05/29/08
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