Bell's film is not only captivating and entertaining, it takes an American subculture and turns our general understanding of it on its head.
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05/29/08
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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.
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Reviews for Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
Steroids as demonized innocents is a tough pill to swallow, and while Bell isn't out to build a clear case, he succeeds in muddying the waters.
05/29/08
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
Top CriticEnormously entertaining.
05/29/08
Activism lives on: Bigger, Stronger, Faster, Chris Bell’s smartly assembled documentary about the great American steroid controversy, takes on the subject as though counteracting the blacklist.
05/28/08
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
Bell finds the epitome of that tragedy in his own family and, in his first film, digs unflinchingly at its roots.
05/27/08
Top Critic...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
Bell's debut feature addresses its subject with both humor and intelligence, approaching the issue of performance enhancement from every conceivable angle
05/26/08
A good documentary will take you places you didn't plan to go, but I didn't really expect that from Bigger, Stronger, Faster, an incisive and compulsively watchable look at America's love affair with steroids.
05/23/08
Top CriticAddresses its complex topic with both humor and intelligence.
05/23/08
Mounts a surprisingly sophisticated argument...that steroid criminalization amounts to hating the player whilst willfully ignoring the dynamics of the game.
02/04/08
More scrupulously reported than your average Michael Moore film but every bit as entertaining.
01/22/08
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