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Ben Foster's impressive efforts to channel Lance Armstrong are often enough to power The Program past director Stephen Frears' frustrating unwillingness to delve deeper into its real-life story.
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The flashily photographed enterprise too often becomes a blur of sound bites and slick aesthetics akin to a Nike commercial. Mar 18, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The flashily photographed enterprise too often becomes a blur of sound bites and slick aesthetics akin to a Nike commercial.
Susan Wloszczyna
For a story about incredibly focused determination - and if nothing else, Lance Armstrong had that - the film remains strangely uninvolved. Mar 18, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
For a story about incredibly focused determination - and if nothing else, Lance Armstrong had that - the film remains strangely uninvolved.
Stephen Whitty
"The Program" fails to add anything new, or penetrate the soul of so crafty a cheater. Mar 18, 2016 | Full Review…
"The Program" fails to add anything new, or penetrate the soul of so crafty a cheater.
Robert Abele
It never goes deep on what it was that produced the awfulness that is Lance Armstrong. Mar 18, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
It never goes deep on what it was that produced the awfulness that is Lance Armstrong.
Kate Taylor
"The Program," much to its detriment, concentrates almost exclusively on the history of the doping effort . There is no mention of his childhood or adolescence or any attempt to analyze his character. Mar 17, 2016 | Full Review…
"The Program," much to its detriment, concentrates almost exclusively on the history of the doping effort . There is no mention of his childhood or adolescence or any attempt to analyze his character.
Stephen Holden
Foster nails Armstrong, right down to his final, clenched-jaw TV confession to Oprah Winfrey but The Program's glancing narrative feels less secure. Mar 17, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Foster nails Armstrong, right down to his final, clenched-jaw TV confession to Oprah Winfrey but The Program's glancing narrative feels less secure.
Linda Barnard
It may not take a groundbreaking approach to biographical drama, but Frears' The Program draws strong performances... Apr 19, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It may not take a groundbreaking approach to biographical drama, but Frears' The Program draws strong performances...
Rachel Brook
It must be said that Foster excels as Armstrong. Bearing an unnerving physical resemblance to the fallen cycling hero, he is a revelation in a remarkable tour de force -- not France -- performance. Apr 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It must be said that Foster excels as Armstrong. Bearing an unnerving physical resemblance to the fallen cycling hero, he is a revelation in a remarkable tour de force -- not France -- performance.
Matthew Anderson
The Program is never less than interesting, and the cast is high-caliber. However, the movie makes us want to know more, rather than come away with the sense that we've been through an experience ourselves. Oct 31, 2018 | Rating: B | Full Review…
The Program is never less than interesting, and the cast is high-caliber. However, the movie makes us want to know more, rather than come away with the sense that we've been through an experience ourselves.
Abbie Bernstein
Foster, though, delivers a strong and convincing performance, and I could watch films about Armstrong and his evil machinations for ever. This one may fail to unearth many of his mysteries, but it is a confident, if understated, offering. Jan 4, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Foster, though, delivers a strong and convincing performance, and I could watch films about Armstrong and his evil machinations for ever. This one may fail to unearth many of his mysteries, but it is a confident, if understated, offering.
Camilla Long
The abiding achievement of the film rests throughout with Foster, who can shift on a dime from the charismatic to the repellent and whose Armstrong is at his most grimly compelling when engaged in an ongoing commentary with himself. Nov 20, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The abiding achievement of the film rests throughout with Foster, who can shift on a dime from the charismatic to the repellent and whose Armstrong is at his most grimly compelling when engaged in an ongoing commentary with himself.
Matt Wolf
The Program can be viewed as especially relevant, given that doping in sport is coincidentally, in the news again. Nov 7, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The Program can be viewed as especially relevant, given that doping in sport is coincidentally, in the news again.
Reagan Gavin Rasquinha
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