Fresh
A thoughtful, informative and thoroughly entertaining examination of the role of performance-enhancing drugs in modern life.
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Is it still cheating if everyone's doing it?
2008 · 1h 45m · PG-13
Documentary
Directed by
Chris Bell
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Bigger Stronger Faster*
Overview
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 heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.
Director and cast
- Chris Bell Director
- Chris Bell as Self - Host
- Mike Bell as Self
- Mark Bell as Self
- Joe Biden as Self (archive footage)
- Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)
- Al Gore as Self (archive footage)
- Dick Cheney as Self (archive footage)
- Laura Bush as Self (archive footage)
- George W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
- George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A lively and incisive look into the nation's growing preoccupation with pumped-up superlatives.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Unexpectedly funny [and] sometimes angry.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
Smart, touching and enlightening, a combination that makes Bigger, Stronger, Faster the best documentary of the year so far.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
By making this journey personal, a powerful vulnerability permeates the film.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
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