Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

John M Joseph This is by far one of the best Docs I have ever seen. Chris Bell really has a way of showing how miscued Steriods are or PED's in general. He has a way of showing how full of crap we are as a country. Don't get me wrong I love this Country but we are sick in a lot of ways. His parents seem like great people as is his family. Give this a watch if sports are your thing.

MartinHafer I am no scientist nor doctor, so I have no idea how accurate this film is. I would sure love to hear from a real and impartial expert what they think of this provocative film. When the film begins, the filmmaker talks about his childhood and that of his two brothers. The three went from doughy kids to macho via football, pro wrestling as well as weightlifting. Two of the brothers did this with the help of steroids, the filmmaker didn't...and is the smallest of the three. The movie purports to be anti-steroids initially. It talks about the various negative consequences of the drugs as well as their ubiquity in sports. However, through the course of the film, the dialog changes and the film ends for there becoming legal because, at least according to the filmmaker, there are no long-term studies and there seem to be benefits only for its use. Is this true? I dunno but the film is provocative and well constructed.

Dalbert Pringle If nothing else, this documentary (that took a very level-headed approach to weighing the pros & cons of steroid use amongst athletes/bodybuilders) was certainly well-worth a view just to get an eye-popping look at Greg Valentino's ridiculously over-developed biceps, as well as seeing a heavily muscled Belgian Blue bull (sans steroids) up close.But besides these 2 very freakish curiosities, this fairly satisfied viewer was also very pleasantly surprised by how well-researched and competently presented Bigger Stronger Faster* was. I certainly wasn't expecting to be this impressed with this documentary.Very professionally directed by Chris Bell (whose 2 older brothers were both avid steroid users), I found this entertaining documentary to be quite fair-minded about its research regarding the positive benefits of taking steroids as opposed to their negative side-effects, which showed clear links to cancer, heart attacks and erratic behaviour (roid rage).Through interviews with medical experts, sports figures, etc., etc., Chris Bell's documentary repeatedly brought into question the use of steroids amongst high-profile athletes. And, as a result of this, brought some of America's biggest heroes in the arena of sports (who are praised to the heavens) down a few significant notches from their lofty positions on their pedestals.

celestemekent Yes in fact this is about a culture in America that is a win at all costs, of hero worship and acceptance/excuses made for those willing to go the "extra mile" into substance abuse just to exceed their own limitations.And it is about the fact that some folks literally hate the idea of being less than the best for any reason at all. Hate being average in any way. Of all things it is a picture of America that cannot be reconciled with the rhetoric spouted by politicians and those outside the arena making dire claims about the results of using those substances.It is a culture where only winners are true Americans, and we ignore how they got there as long as they look and play the part. About how the fear of being a loser will drive Americans to do things they ordinarily wouldn't do. Because nobody loves a loser in America, no one.It is a waste of effort to call those who use steroids cheaters, when the culture all around us in America is this way. Until we begin to learn that good people come in second place, and learn to love those who finish in last place too, then maybe there wont be the pressure to be a winner at all costs and we wont need steroids.