- Release Date: 2008
- Runtime: 105 min
- Genre: Documentary
- Starring: Chris Bell, Hank Aaron, Lyle Alzado, Mark Bell ... see all
- Director: Chris Bell
- Plot: 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... Read more
User Reviews
Wow, mind blowing DVD ! !
Jan 13, 2009
MasterS - yahoo.com
Jan 13, 2009MasterS - yahoo.com
THis will leave you amazed , one of the best DVD documentaries i've ever seen. it goes into the all the details 360 degrees! does not leave anything out, you will wonder no more. Americans will be enlightened by this in-your-face... Full review
Best Documentary I've Ever Seen
Oct 15, 2008
Josh M - yahoo.com
Oct 15, 2008Josh M - yahoo.com
This documentary was completely amazing. I usually do not enjoy documentaries very much but this was simply amazing. It gave extremely good information regarding steroids and tackled numerous subjects that go with it (supplements, health issues, public views, etc.) I think... Full review
Best Documentary I've Ever Seen
Oct 15, 2008
josh.miell - yahoo.com
Oct 15, 2008josh.miell - yahoo.com
This documentary was completely amazing. I usually do not enjoy documentaries very much but this was simply amazing. It gave extremely good information regarding steroids and tackled numerous subjects that go with it (supplements, health issues, public views, etc.) I think... Full review
A great historical Document about the hypocrisy of an entire nation
Aug 23, 2008
Nocturne83 - imdb.com
Aug 23, 2008Nocturne83 - imdb.com
This is my first "review" here on IMDb, but I was so intrigued by this documentary that I just had to write a few words. This has got to be one of the best documentaries I've seen in a long time.... Full review
Refreshingly candid
Jul 09, 2008
AliceW - yahoo.com
Jul 09, 2008AliceW - yahoo.com
I enjoyed watching this documentary because it accurately highlights the hypocrisy in our American culture. I commend the three brothers and their parents for bravely and honestly sharing their struggles, defeats and victories.... Full review
Refreshingly candid
Jul 09, 2008
alice4477 - yahoo.com
Jul 09, 2008alice4477 - yahoo.com
I enjoyed watching this documentary because it accurately highlights the hypocrisy in our American culture. I commend the three brothers and their parents for bravely and honestly sharing their struggles, defeats and victories.... Full review
Great Movie !!!
Jul 08, 2008
JesseC - yahoo.com
Jul 08, 2008JesseC - yahoo.com
My wife and I went to see the movie last night and we thought it was fantastic . It wasn't a Mike Moore in your face propaganda . It was real and close to home . Seeing Chris's family involved with... Full review
Great Movie !!!
Jul 08, 2008
jessegcampbell - yahoo.com
Jul 08, 2008jessegcampbell - yahoo.com
My wife and I went to see the movie last night and we thought it was fantastic . It wasn't a Mike Moore in your face propaganda . It was real and close to home . Seeing Chris's family involved with... Full review
Whats your problem
Jul 02, 2008
gfella80 - yahoo.com
Jul 02, 2008gfella80 - yahoo.com
First of all Fahrenheit 9/11, bowling for columbine and Sicko were great films of truth, this movie is kind of a stretch but still good enough to watch and none of these movies were attacks on our country they are education... Full review
Entertaining and Informative
Jun 23, 2008
RonL - yahoo.com
Jun 23, 2008RonL - yahoo.com
Incredible Documentary that is filled with Comedy. I love how the director goes into his family and questions his brother. Great memorable scenes and he does question society about how we need to cheat and be ahead. The sense of missing... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Sep 26, 2008sfgate.com
Bigger, Stronger, Faster*" has a surprisingly light but also personal touch, especially when the director brings his own family's steroids pressures into the discussion.
Unlike other documentarians who put themselves front and center in a movie, Bell clearly likes some of his subjects and is willing to at least listen to bodybuilders and other people who want to defend performance-enhancing drugs.
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| Aug 09, 2008Matchflick
And as the entertaining documentary Bigger Stronger Faster* correctly points out, Americans are inundated with images of perfect looking physiques in magazines, movies, and on television.
Perhaps most interesting is Bell's assertion that steroids are engrained in our very language, with the phrase "it's on steroids" universally understood in our culture as-well, bigger, stronger, and faster.
... Full Review
| Jun 19, 2008The Portland Mercury, OR
Bell's movie is smart and entertaining, but one suspects he could've found a bigger, stronger story had he chased that steroid money trail.
Bell manages to take his personal issue and extrapolate it into a discussion worth having.
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| Jun 13, 2008DVD Town
Bigger, Stronger, Faster" is one of the best films of 2008.
Chris challenges the most basic assumptions most of the public has about steroids: that they are bad for you, and that they constitute "cheating.
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| Jun 12, 2008PopMatters
Bell's documentary may not change that status, but if anyone wants to have a serious discussion about the entire supplement situation, this excellent film is a good place to start.
Bell believes, rightfully or wrongfully, that steroids are immoral.
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News
By Preston Williams Florida chose not to fund its steroid-testing program for high school athletes this school year after snagging only one violator among the 600 subjects who were randomly tested last year -- not much muscle for a $100,000... ... Full Article
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chron.com –
2008-07-03
At a time when a shaky national economy, falling dollar and never-ending Middle East war depress U.S. morale and make for dismal headlines, Christopher Bell's smart, funny and edifying documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster* reminds audiences what brought this country out... ... Full Article
Bigger, Stronger, Faster Supersize me Release Date: 2008 Ebert Rating: ***½ // / Jun 6, 2008 By Roger Ebert
suntimes.com –
2008-06-05
Midway through watching Christopher Bell's "Bigger, Stronger, Faster," I started to think about another film I'd seen recently.The Bell documentary is about the use of steroids in sports and bodybuilding. ... Full Article
// / Jun 6, 2008 By Roger Ebert Midway through watching Christopher Bell's "Bigger, Stronger, Faster," I started to think about another film I'd seen recently. The Bell documentary is about the use of steroids in sports and bodybuilding. The other film is
suntimes.com –
2008-06-05
Now that the populist, first-person documentary has become a virus on big screens as well as small, it seems as if any monkey with a video camera and Final Cut software can aspire to be the next Michael Moore or... ... Full Article
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
christianitytoday.com –
2008-05-30
Ostensibly, Bigger, Stronger, Faster is a documentary about one of the hottest topics in American culture today: steroids.But it is also a portrait of a familythe all-American Bell family from Poughkeepsie, New York. ... Full Article

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