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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.
1 October 1963, Pomona, California, USA
November 12, 1981 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA
3 August 1974, Sterling, Massachusetts, USA
30 July 1934, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
5 June 1969, Dallas, Texas, USA
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December 10, 1976 in California, USA
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13 December 1961, Los Angeles, California, USA
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29 April 1970, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1 June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
31 March 1948, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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11 March 1975, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
December 30, 1961 in Falmouth, Jamaica
24 September 1964, Havana, Cuba
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May 21, 1967 in Montreal, Québec, Canada
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August 15, 2011
Their mistakes are our entertainment.June 20, 2008
Unexpectedly funny [and] sometimes angry.June 13, 2008
Smart, touching and enlightening, a combination that makes Bigger, Stronger, Faster the best documentary of the year so far.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.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.April 21, 2009
If steroids were outlawed, only outlaws would have steroidsJuly 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.December 29, 2010
A dangerous side effect of being a 'true' American.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 23, 2008
A lively and incisive look into the nation's growing preoccupation with pumped-up superlatives.June 09, 2008
It'll shake up your beliefs not just about steroids but about competition, hypocrisy, body obsession and American notions of masculinity.