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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.
12 June 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
2 July 1964, Havana, Cuba
5 June 1969, Dallas, Texas, USA
11 October 1971, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
24 September 1964, Havana, Cuba
6 July 1946, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
6 July 1946, New York City, New York, USA
14 October 1975, Farmersville, Pennsylvania, USA
31 March 1948, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
December 10, 1976 in California, USA
22 March 1934, Homestead Park, Pennsylvania, USA
24 July 1964, Riverside, California, USA
11 August 1953, Augusta, Georgia, USA
28 December 1922, New York City, New York, USA
29 May 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
May 21, 1967 in Montreal, Québec, Canada
January 2, 1942 in Aurora, Illinois, USA
29 April 1970, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
30 July 1934, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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.
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.'
April 21, 2009
If steroids were outlawed, only outlaws would have steroids
August 15, 2011
Their mistakes are our entertainment.
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.
December 29, 2010
A dangerous side effect of being a 'true' American.
July 24, 2008
A thoughtful, informative and thoroughly entertaining examination of the role of performance-enhancing drugs in modern life.
June 13, 2008
By making this journey personal, a powerful vulnerability permeates the film.
June 09, 2008
It'll shake up your beliefs not just about steroids but about competition, hypocrisy, body obsession and American notions of masculinity.
June 20, 2008
Unexpectedly funny [and] sometimes angry.
June 23, 2008
A lively and incisive look into the nation's growing preoccupation with pumped-up superlatives.
