Bigger Stronger Faster*
Refer to the Olympic motto: 'Faster, stronger, faster', the documentary examines the use of anabolic steroid for better performance in body-building as it concentrates on a pair of siblings chasing their dreams. The film also concerns some related topics around professional athletes such as laser eye correction or the use of blood pressure reducing drugs.
May 21, 1967 in Montreal, Québec, Canada
28 December 1922, New York City, New York, USA
1 July 1961, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
12 September 1939, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 January 1913, Yorba Linda, California, USA
1 June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 October 1931, Spavinaw, Oklahoma, USA
29 May 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
January 29, 2009
This is one of the best documentary films of 2008, along with 'Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father.'
June 13, 2008
By making this journey personal, a powerful vulnerability permeates the film.
July 24, 2008
A thoughtful, informative and thoroughly entertaining examination of the role of performance-enhancing drugs in modern life.
December 29, 2010
A dangerous side effect of being a 'true' American.
June 20, 2008
Unexpectedly funny [and] sometimes angry.
July 01, 2009
It raises big, intriguing questions that rarely, if ever, come up in the hubbub about steroid use in professional athletics, particularly Major League Baseball.
June 09, 2008
It'll shake up your beliefs not just about steroids but about competition, hypocrisy, body obsession and American notions of masculinity.
May 26, 2009
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.
June 13, 2008
Smart, touching and enlightening, a combination that makes Bigger, Stronger, Faster the best documentary of the year so far.
April 21, 2009
If steroids were outlawed, only outlaws would have steroids
August 15, 2011
Their mistakes are our entertainment.
June 23, 2008
A lively and incisive look into the nation's growing preoccupation with pumped-up superlatives.
